翻手为云覆手变雨

翻手为云覆手变雨
fānshǒuwéiyúnshǒubiàn

lit. turning his hand palm up he gathers the clouds, turning his hand palm down he turns them to rain

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MEANING2 meanings

MEANING

  1. noun

    lit. turning his hand palm up he gathers the clouds, turning his hand palm down he turns them to rain

    • He can turn his hand over to make clouds and cover it to make rain, truly a formidable person.

  2. adjective

    very powerful and capable (idiom)

    • He can turn his hand into clouds and reverse it to become rain; no one dares to provoke him.

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A bird flapping its feathered wings in continuous rotating motion to take flight is a spinning movement.

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