| 白衣苍狗 |
bái yī cāng gǒu |
lit. (cloud shapes) changing from a white shirt to a gray dog (idiom) / fig. the unpredictable changeability of the world |
| 白 |
Bái |
surname Bai / Bai ethnic group |
| 白 |
bái |
white / in vain / free of charge / (bound form) (of facts, the truth, a situation) clear; evident (e.g. 真相大白) / (bound form) plain; without additions (e.g. 白饭) / (bound form) to explain; to state (e.g. 辩白) / (bound form) to give a disdainful look (e.g. 白了他一眼) / (bound form) vernacular (e.g. 白话) / (bound form) spoken lines in opera (e.g. 念白) / (bound form) reactionary; anti-communist (e.g. 白区) |
| 衣 |
yī |
clothes / CL:件 / Kangxi radical 145 |
| 衣 |
yì |
to dress / to wear / to put on (clothes) |
| 苍 |
Cāng |
surname Cang |
| 苍 |
cāng |
dark blue / deep green / ash-gray |
| 苍狗 |
cāng gǒu |
(fig.) the unpredictable changeability of the world; bad omen |
| 狗 |
gǒu |
dog / CL:只,条 |