翻手為雲覆手變雨 fān shǒu wéi yún fù shǒu biàn yǔ

very powerful and capable (idiom)

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. very powerful and capable (idiom)
  2. 2. lit. turning his hand palm up he gathers the clouds, turning his hand palm down he turns them to rain

Characters

Character Meaning
to turn over; to flip over; to translate
hand; personal(ly); person engaged in certain types of work
for; because of; to
cloud; abbr. for Yunnan Province yún nán shěng
again; to repeat; to reply
hand; personal(ly); person engaged in certain types of work
to change; to become different; to transform
rain; to rain; (of rain, snow etc) to fall