fān
yún

idiom

Meaning of 翻云覆雨

翻云覆雨 means be fickle and capricious; blow hot and cold; manipulate situations; play tricks. Pronounced fān yún fù yǔ.

  • be fickle and capricious; blow hot and cold
  • manipulate situations; play tricks

Definitions & Examples

zhè
rén
fān
yún
 
zuó
tiān
yìng
de
shì
jīn
tiān
jiù
fǎn
huǐ
le
 

He's so fickle; he went back on what he promised yesterday.

Zhèng
tán
shàng
fān
yún
 
méng
yǒu
zhuǎn
yǎn
biàn
chéng
duì
shǒu
 

In the political arena, people blow hot and cold; allies can become opponents in the blink of an eye.