白雲蒼狗 bái yún cāng gǒu

DEFINITIONS

  1. lit. a white cloud transforms into what looks like a gray dog (idiom)
  2. fig. the unpredictable changeability of the world

CHARACTERS

白 bái white; pure, unblemished; bright
雲 yún clouds; Yunnan province
蒼 cāng blue; green
狗 gǒu dog, canis familiaris