翻云覆雨 in English fan1 yun2 fu4 yu3 Meaning

Meanings

  • to produce clouds with one turn of the hand and rain with another (idiomatic expression); metaphorically to shift one's ground
  • tricky and inconstant
  • to make love

Simplified Characters

翻 云 覆 雨

Traditional Characters

翻 雲 覆 雨

Pinyin

fan1 yun2 fu4 yu3

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

翻fan1to turn over 云yun2(classical) to say 覆fu4variant of 復|复[fu4] 雨yu3rain