| 翻手为云覆手变雨 |
fān shǒu wéi yún fù shǒu biàn yǔ |
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) |
| 翻 |
fān |
to turn over / to flip over / to overturn / to rummage through / to translate / to decode / to double / to climb over or into / to cross |
| 翻 |
fān |
variant of 翻 |
| 手 |
shǒu |
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:双,只 |
| 为 |
wéi |
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) |
| 为 |
wèi |
because of / for / to |
| 为 |
wéi |
variant of 为 |
| 为 |
wèi |
variant of 为 |
| 云 |
yún |
(classical) to say |
| 云 |
Yún |
surname Yun / abbr. for Yunnan Province 云南省 |
| 云 |
yún |
cloud / CL:朵 |
| 覆 |
fù |
to cover / to overflow / to overturn / to capsize |
| 手 |
shǒu |
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:双,只 |
| 变 |
biàn |
to change / to become different / to transform / to vary / rebellion |
| 雨 |
yǔ |
rain / CL:阵,场 |
| 雨 |
yù |
(literary) to rain / (of rain, snow etc) to fall / to precipitate / to wet |