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波谲云诡

bō jué yún guǐdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
(idiom) ever-changing / unpredictable
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-125fb0aae18cbe63. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

波譎雲詭 波谲云诡 [bo1 jue2 yun2 gui3] /(idiom) ever-changing; unpredictable/

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Other forms in these source records: 波譎雲詭

  • 波
    bō

    wave / ripple / storm / surge

    Bō

    (bound form) Poland (abbr. for 波蘭|波兰[Bō lán]) / surname Bo

  • 谲
    jué

    (literary) deceitful

  • 云
    yún

    (classical) to say / cloud / CL:朵[duǒ]

    Yún

    surname Yun / short name for Yunnan 雲南|云南[Yún nán]

  • 诡
    guǐ

    (bound form) sly / crafty / (literary) weird / bizarre / (literary) contradictory / inconsistent

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.