翻雲覆雨

Chinese

		flit about; translate; turn over	cloud; Yunnan (abbrev.); surname	to cover; to overflow; to reply to a letter to cover; to overflow; to reply to a letter; to overturn; to capsize	rain
trad. (翻雲覆雨)		翻	雲	覆	雨
simp. (翻云覆雨)		翻	云	覆	雨

Etymology

From a line in 《貧交行》 by Du Fu (杜甫):

翻手作雲覆手雨，紛紛輕薄何須數？ [Classical Chinese, trad.]

翻手作云覆手雨，纷纷轻薄何须数？ [Classical Chinese, simp.]

Fānshǒu zuò yún fùshǒu yǔ, fēnfēn qīngbó héxū shù? [Pinyin]

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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fānyúnfùyǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄢㄩㄣˊ ㄈㄨˋ ㄩˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): faan¹ wan⁴ fuk¹ jyu⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fānyúnfùyǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄢㄩㄣˊ ㄈㄨˋ ㄩˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fanyúnfùyǔ
  - Wade–Giles: fan¹-yün²-fu⁴-yü³
  - Yale: fān-yún-fù-yǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fanyunfuhyeu
  - Palladius: фаньюньфуюй (fanʹjunʹfujuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fän⁵⁵ yn³⁵ fu⁵¹ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: faan¹ wan⁴ fuk¹ jyu⁵
  - Yale: fāan wàhn fūk yúh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: faan¹ wan⁴ fuk⁷ jy⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: fan¹ wen⁴ fug¹ yu⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /faːn⁵⁵ wɐn²¹ fʊk̚⁵ jyː¹³/

Idiom

翻雲覆雨

(figurative) to be fickle; to shift one's grounds constantly
(figurative) to play politics; to be tricky
(figurative) to make love

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