翻 云 覆 雨

fān yún fù yǔdictionary entry

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

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翻雲覆雨 翻云覆雨 [fan1 yun2 fu4 yu3] /to produce clouds with one turn of the hand and rain with another (idiom); fig. to shift one's ground/tricky and inconstant/to make love/

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