白衣苍狗 in English bai2 yi1 cang1 gou3 Meaning

Meanings

  • literally (word for word) (cloud shapes) changing from a white shirt to a gray dog (idiomatic expression)
  • metaphorically the unpredictable changeability of the world

Simplified Characters

白 衣 苍 狗

Traditional Characters

白 衣 蒼 狗

Pinyin

bai2 yi1 cang1 gou3

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

白bai2surname Bai 衣yi1clothes 苍cang1surname Cang 狗gou3dog