lit. turning his hand palm up he gathers the clouds, turning his hand palm down he turns them to rain; very powerful and capable (idiom)
trad. 翻手為雲覆手變雨
Also written 翻手為雲覆手變雨【fān shǒu wéi yún fù shǒu biàn yǔ】
Characters in this word
7翻
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to turn over, to flip over, to overturn, to rummage through, to translate, to decode, to double, to climb over or into, to cross
- Pinyin
- fān
- Strokes
- 18
- Frequency
- 3670 of 2500
手
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hand, (formal) to hold, person engaged in certain types of work, person skilled in certain types of work, personal(ly), convenient, classifier for skill, CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1]
- Pinyin
- shǒu
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 490 of 2500
为
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as (in the capacity of), to take sth as, to act as, to serve as, to behave as, to become, to be, to do, by (in the passive voice)
- Pinyin
- wéi
- Traditional
- 為
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 129 of 2500
云
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(classical) to say
- Pinyin
- yún
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 7285 of 2500
覆
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to cover, to overflow, to overturn, to capsize
- Pinyin
- fù
- Strokes
- 18
- Frequency
- 24295 of 2500
变
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to change, to become different, to transform, to vary, rebellion
- Pinyin
- biàn
- Traditional
- 變
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 1186 of 2500
雨
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rain, CL:陣|阵[zhen4],場|场[chang2]
- Pinyin
- yǔ
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 3828 of 2500