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翻手为云覆手变雨

fān shǒu wéi yún fù shǒu biàn yǔ

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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)

Child Words of 翻手为云覆手变雨

hand

(classical) to say

(literary) to rain

rain

to turn over

because of

to cover

as (in the capacity of)

to change