翻云覆雨 fān yún fù yǔ

tricky and inconstant

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency 22682nd word

Definitions

  1. 1. tricky and inconstant
  2. 2. to produce clouds with one turn of the hand and rain with another (idiom); fig. to shift one's ground
  3. 3. to make love

Characters

Character Meaning
翻 fān HSK 4
to turn over; to flip over; to translate
云 yún HSK 4
cloud; abbr. for Yunnan Province 云南省yún nán shěng
覆 fù HSK 6
again; to repeat; to reply
雨 yǔ HSK 1
rain; to rain; (of rain, snow etc) to fall