翻手为云覆手变雨 Save Sign in to save words Traditional (Taiwan): 翻手為雲覆手變雨 fānshǒuwéiyúnfùshǒubiànyǔ ㄈㄢ ㄕㄡˇ ㄨㄟˊ ㄩㄣˊ ㄈㄨˋ ㄕㄡˇ ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄩˇ 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) Character by character 翻(fān)turn over 手(shǒu)hand 为(wéi)as (in the capacity of) 云(yún)say 覆(fù)cover 手(shǒu)hand 变(biàn)change 雨(yǔ)rain A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0