白云苍狗

Traditional form:

白雲蒼狗

Pinyin (reading):

báiyúncānggǒu

Definitions:

• lit. a white cloud transforms into what looks like a gray dog (idiom)
• fig. the unpredictable changeability of the world

Characters:

• 白 - white; clear, pure, unblemished; bright
• 云 - cloud; to say, to speak
• 苍 - dark blue; deep green; old, hoary
• 狗 - dog

Traditional characters:

• 白 - white; clear, pure, unblemished; bright
• 雲 - cloud; to say, to speak
• 蒼 - dark blue; deep green; old, hoary
• 狗 - dog