翻手为云覆手变雨

Traditional form:

翻手為雲覆手變雨

Pinyin (reading):

fānshǒuwéiyúnfùshǒubiànyǔ

Definitions:

• lit. turning his hand palm up he gathers the clouds, turning his hand palm down he turns them to rain
• very powerful and capable (idiom)

Characters:

• 翻 - to upset, to capsize, to flip over
• 手 - hand
• 为 - to do, to act; to handle, to govern; to be
• 云 - cloud; to say, to speak
• 覆 - to cover; to overturn; to repeat; to reply
• 手 - hand
• 变 - to change, to transform, to alter; rebel
• 雨 - rain

Traditional characters:

• 翻 - to upset, to capsize, to flip over
• 手 - hand
• 為 - to do, to act; to handle, to govern; to be
• 雲 - cloud; to say, to speak
• 覆 - to cover; to overturn; to repeat; to reply
• 手 - hand
• 變 - to change, to transform, to alter; rebel
• 雨 - rain