翻云覆雨
fān yún fù yǔ
Pinyin

Definition

翻云覆雨
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fān yún fù yǔ
  1. to produce clouds with one turn of the hand and rain with another (idiom); fig. to shift one's ground
  2. tricky and inconstant
  3. to make love

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

下雨
xià yǔ
  1. 1 to rain
翻
fān
  1. 1 to turn over
  2. 2 to flip over
  3. 3 to overturn
  4. 4 to rummage through
  5. 5 to translate
  6. 6 to decode
  7. 7 to double
  8. 8 to climb over or into
  9. 9 to cross
雨
yǔ
  1. 1 rain
  2. 2 CL:陣|阵[zhèn],場|场[cháng]
冒雨
mào yǔ
  1. 1 to brave the rain
大雨
dà yǔ
  1. 1 heavy rain
  2. 2 CL:場|场[cháng]
小雨
xiǎo yǔ
  1. 1 light rain
  2. 2 drizzle
打翻
dǎ fān
  1. 1 to overturn
  2. 2 to overthrow
  3. 3 to strike down (an enemy)
推翻
tuī fān
  1. 1 to overthrow
春雨
chūn yǔ
  1. 1 spring rain
  2. 2 gift from above
暴雨
bào yǔ
  1. 1 torrential rain
  2. 2 rainstorm
  3. 3 CL:場|场[cháng],陣|阵[zhèn]
暴风雨
bào fēng yǔ
  1. 1 rainstorm
  2. 2 storm
  3. 3 tempest
毛毛雨
máo mao yǔ
  1. 1 drizzle
  2. 2 light rain
  3. 3 (fig.) mere trifle
流星雨
liú xīng yǔ
  1. 1 meteor shower
淋雨
lín yǔ
  1. 1 to get wet in the rain
烟雨
yān yǔ
  1. 1 misty rain
  2. 2 drizzle
细雨
xì yǔ
  1. 1 fine rain
  2. 2 drizzle
  3. 3 poem by Tang poet Li Shangyin 李商隱|李商隐
翻来覆去
fān lái fù qù
  1. 1 to toss and turn (sleeplessly)
  2. 2 again and again
翻倍
fān bèi
  1. 1 to double
翻唱
fān chàng
  1. 1 cover song
  2. 2 to cover a song
翻拍
fān pāi
  1. 1 to reproduce photographically
  2. 2 to duplicate
  3. 3 to adapt (as a movie)
  4. 4 to remake (a movie)
  5. 5 adaptation
  6. 6 reproduction
  7. 7 remake

Idioms (20)

一雨成秋
yī yǔ chéng qiū
  1. 1 a sudden shower towards the end of summer brings an abrupt arrival of autumn (idiom)
干打雷，不下雨
gān dǎ léi , bù xià yǔ
  1. 1 all thunder but no rain (idiom)
  2. 2 a lot of noise but no action
人仰马翻
rén yǎng mǎ fān
  1. 1 to suffer a crushing defeat (idiom)
  2. 2 in a pitiful state
  3. 3 in a complete mess
  4. 4 to roll (with laughter)
全军覆没
quán jūn fù mò
  1. 1 total defeat of an army (idiom); fig. a complete wipeout
前车之覆，后车之鉴
qián chē zhī fù , hòu chē zhī jiàn
  1. 1 lit. the cart in front overturns, a warning to the following cart (idiom); fig. draw lesson from the failure of one's predecessor
  2. 2 learn from past mistake
  3. 3 once bitten twice shy
呼风唤雨
hū fēng huàn yǔ
  1. 1 to call the wind and summon the rain (idiom); to exercise magical powers
  2. 2 fig. to stir up troubles
唤雨呼风
huàn yǔ hū fēng
  1. 1 to call the wind and summon the rain (idiom)
  2. 2 to exercise magical powers
  3. 3 fig. to stir up troubles
  4. 4 also 呼風喚雨|呼风唤雨[hū fēng huàn yǔ]
天翻地覆
tiān fān dì fù
  1. 1 sky and the earth turning upside down (idiom); fig. complete confusion
  2. 2 everything turned on its head
天要落雨，娘要嫁人
tiān yào luò yǔ , niáng yào jià rén
  1. 1 the rain will fall, the womenfolk will marry (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. the natural order of things
  3. 3 something you can't go against
天雨路滑
tiān yù lù huá
  1. 1 roads are slippery due to rain (idiom)
天雨顺延
tiān yǔ shùn yán
  1. 1 weather permitting (idiom)
屋漏偏逢连夜雨
wū lòu piān féng lián yè yǔ
  1. 1 when it rains, it pours (idiom)
屋漏更遭连夜雨
wū lòu gèng zāo lián yè yǔ
  1. 1 when it rains, it pours (idiom)
巴山夜雨
Bā shān yè yǔ
  1. 1 rain on Mt Ba (idiom); lonely in a strange land
  2. 2 Evening Rain, 1980 movie about the Cultural Revolution
日晒雨淋
rì shài yǔ lín
  1. 1 scorched and drenched by sun and rain (idiom); suffer from exposure to the elements
  2. 2 weather-beaten
春风化雨
chūn fēng huà yǔ
  1. 1 lit. spring wind and rain (idiom); fig. the long-term influence of a solid education
未雨绸缪
wèi yǔ chóu móu
  1. 1 lit. before it rains, bind around with silk (idiom, from Book of Songs 詩經|诗经); fig. to plan ahead
  2. 2 to prepare for a rainy day
梨花带雨
lí huā dài yǔ
  1. 1 lit. like raindrops on a pear blossom (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. tear-stained face of a beauty
栉风沐雨
zhì fēng mù yǔ
  1. 1 lit. to comb one's hair in the wind and wash it in the rain (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to work in the open regardless of the weather
汗如雨下
hàn rú yǔ xià
  1. 1 sweating like rain (idiom); to perspire profusely
  2. 2 sweating like a pig

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