白衣苍狗

白衣苍狗
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lit. (cloud shapes) changing from a white shirt to a gray dog (idiom)

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MEANING2 meanings

MEANING

  1. noun

    lit. (cloud shapes) changing from a white shirt to a gray dog (idiom)

    • White clothes turn to gray dogs, the world is impermanent.

  2. noun

    fig. the unpredictable changeability of the world

    • The affairs of the world are like white robes turning into grey dogs, changing unpredictably.

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CHARACTER ANALYSIS

The sun radiating bright rays suggests the pristine white color.

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