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翻手为云覆手变雨

fān shǒu wéi yún fù shǒu biàn yǔ

8-character word Traditional 翻手為雲覆手變雨

What 翻手为云覆手变雨 means

1. lit. turning his hand palm up he gathers the clouds, turning his hand palm down he turns them to rain
2. very powerful and capable (idiom)

The characters in 翻手为云覆手变雨

• 翻fānto turn over; to flip over; to overturn
• 手shǒuhand; (formal) to hold; person engaged in certain types of work
• 为wéias (in the capacity of); to take sth as; to act as
• 云yún(classical) to say
• 覆fùto cover; to overflow; to overturn
• 手shǒuhand; (formal) to hold; person engaged in certain types of work
• 变biànto change; to become different; to transform
• 雨yǔrain