翻云覆雨

fānyúnfùyǔ

produce clouds with one turn of the hand and rain with another—be given to playing tricks; keep shifting one's ground

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shifty

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to produce clouds and rain with a turn of the hand (idiom); fig. to shift one's ground, tricksy and inconstant

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翻云覆雨

fān yún fù yǔ

as changeable as clouds and rain; blow hot and cold; change attitudes constantly; fickle as human feelings; play fast and loose; repeatedly changing one's attitude or playing tricks:

他这个人翻云覆雨， 弄不清他究竟主张什么。 He's a man given to blowing hot and cold; you just can't tell what he's standing for.

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翻雲覆雨|翻云覆雨 [fān yún fù yǔ] ► to produce clouds with one turn of the hand and rain with another (idiom); fig. to shift one's ground ► tricky and inconstant ► to make love