Turning hands is cloud, covering hands is rain

Turning hands is cloud, covering hands is rain

When the hand turns up, it is the cloud; when the hand turns down, it is the rain. It refers to being capricious or good at playing tricks.

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Du Fu of the Tang Dynasty wrote in his book "poor friends" that "if you turn your hands over to make clouds and cover your hands with rain, you will be frivolous one after another [example] although monkeys have hands, they can't make tools. As for "～", monkeys can't make tools. (the story of hands by Mao Dun)

words whose meaning is similar

Turn the clouds over, turn the rain over, turn the clouds over