翻雲覆雨
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Chinese
[edit]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 |
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trad. (翻雲覆雨) | 翻 | 雲 | 覆 | 雨 | |
simp. (翻云覆雨) | 翻 | 云 | 覆 | 雨 |
Etymology
[edit]From a line in 《貧交行》 by Du Fu (杜甫):
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄈㄢ ㄩㄣˊ 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⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- 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/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
[edit]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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