翻手为云覆手变雨

fān shǒu wéi yún fù shǒu biàn yǔ

Definitions

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)

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Child Words of 翻手为云覆手变雨

(classical) to say

hand

as (in the capacity of)

because of

to turn over

to change

rain

(literary) to rain

to cover