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翻云覆雨

翻雲覆雨

fānyúnfùyǔ

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

(figurative) to be fickle; to shift one's grounds constantly
(figurative) to make love
(figurative) to play politics; to be tricky
to be fickle; to shift one's grounds constantly
to make love
to play politics; to be tricky

比喻反覆无常。宋．黄机〈木兰花慢．问功名何处〉词：「世事翻云覆雨，满怀何止离忧。」元．乔孟符《扬州梦．第四折》：「你不合打凤牢笼，翻云覆雨，陷人坑阱。」也作「覆雨翻云」。
形容男女间床笫之事。

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Entry Composition

to turn over
to flip over
to overturn
to rummage through
to translate
to decode
to double
to climb over or into
to cross

variant of 翻 fān

(classical) to say

classifier: 朵

variant of 复 fù
to reply to a letter

to cover
to overflow
to overturn
to capsize

classifiers: 陣, 場

Related entries

要做爱不要战争。

Make love, not war.

Source: Tatoeba

(coll.) to make love

(coll.) to make love

Love loves love.

Source: Tatoeba

sexual intercourse
to make love