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白雲蒼狗

简白云苍狗 · 繁白雲蒼狗

Mandarin · pinyin bái yún cāng gǒu

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

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白: bái · white; pure, unblemished; bright
雲: yún · clouds; Yunnan province
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狗: gǒu · dog, Canis familiaris
云: yún · say, speak; clouds
苍: cāng · blue; green

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2–2–1–3 · bai2 yun2 cang1 gou3

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(idiomatic) freakishness; changeable and strange; changes in human affairs often take freakish forms

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