白衣苍狗
bái yī cāng gǒu
Pinyin

Definition

白衣苍狗
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bái yī cāng gǒu
  1. lit. (cloud shapes) changing from a white shirt to a gray dog (idiom)
  2. fig. the unpredictable changeability of the world

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

大衣
dà yī
  1. 1 overcoat
  2. 2 topcoat
  3. 3 cloak
  4. 4 CL:件[jiàn]
明白
míng bai
  1. 1 clear
  2. 2 obvious
  3. 3 unequivocal
  4. 4 to understand
  5. 5 to realize
毛衣
máo yī
  1. 1 (wool) sweater
  2. 2 CL:件[jiàn]
狗
gǒu
  1. 1 dog
  2. 2 CL:隻|只[zhī],條|条[tiáo]
白
Bái
  1. 1 surname Bai
白天
bái tiān
  1. 1 daytime
  2. 2 during the day
  3. 3 day
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
白羊座
Bái yáng zuò
  1. 1 Aries (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
白色
bái sè
  1. 1 white
  2. 2 fig. reactionary
  3. 3 anti-communist
衣
yī
  1. 1 clothes
  2. 2 CL:件[jiàn]
  3. 3 Kangxi radical 145
衣服
yī fu
  1. 1 clothes
  2. 2 CL:件[jiàn],套[tào]
上衣
shàng yī
  1. 1 jacket
  2. 2 upper outer garment
  3. 3 CL:件[jiàn]
伊丽莎白
Yī lì shā bái
  1. 1 Elizabeth (person name)
内衣
nèi yī
  1. 1 undergarment
  2. 2 underwear
  3. 3 CL:件[jiàn]
告白
gào bái
  1. 1 to announce publicly
  2. 2 to explain oneself
  3. 3 to reveal one's feelings
  4. 4 to confess
  5. 5 to declare one's love
坦白
tǎn bái
  1. 1 honest
  2. 2 forthcoming
  3. 3 to confess
外衣
wài yī
  1. 1 outer clothing
  2. 2 semblance
  3. 3 appearance
大白天
dà bái tiān
  1. 1 broad daylight
大白菜
dà bái cài
  1. 1 bok choy
  2. 2 Chinese cabbage
  3. 3 Brassica pekinensis
  4. 4 CL:棵[kē]
太白
Tài bái
  1. 1 Taibai County in Baoji 寶雞|宝鸡[Bǎo jī], Shaanxi
  2. 2 Venus
对白
duì bái
  1. 1 dialogue (in a movie or a play)

Idioms (20)

一清二白
yī qīng èr bái
  1. 1 perfectly clean
  2. 2 blameless
  3. 3 unimpeachable (idiom)
不分皂白
bù fēn zào bái
  1. 1 not distinguishing black or white (idiom); not to distinguish between right and wrong
不分青红皂白
bù fēn qīng hóng zào bái
  1. 1 not distinguishing red-green or black-white (idiom)
  2. 2 not to distinguish between right and wrong
不问青红皂白
bù wèn qīng hóng zào bái
  1. 1 not distinguishing red-green or black-white (idiom)
  2. 2 not to distinguish between right and wrong
人模狗样
rén mó gǒu yàng
  1. 1 (idiom) to pose
  2. 2 to put on airs
偷鸡摸狗
tōu jī mō gǒu
  1. 1 to imitate the dog and steal chicken (idiom)
  2. 2 to pilfer
  3. 3 to dally with women
  4. 4 to have affairs
俨如白昼
yǎn rú bái zhòu
  1. 1 as bright as daylight (idiom)
兔死狗烹
tù sǐ gǒu pēng
  1. 1 lit. to boil the hound once it caught the rabbit (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to get rid of sb once he has served his purpose
咬人狗儿不露齿
yǎo rén gǒu r5 bù lù chǐ
  1. 1 lit. the dog that bites does not show its fangs (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. You can't tell the really dangerous enemy from his external appearance.
唱白脸
chàng bái liǎn
  1. 1 to play the role of the villain (idiom)
天衣无缝
tiān yī wú fèng
  1. 1 lit. seamless heavenly clothes (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. flawless
嫁鸡随鸡，嫁狗随狗
jià jī suí jī , jià gǒu suí gǒu
  1. 1 if you marry a chicken follow the chicken, if you marry a dog follow the dog (idiom)
宵衣旰食
xiāo yī gàn shí
  1. 1 to dress before light and not eat before dark (idiom)
  2. 2 diligently attending to official matters
引狗入寨
yǐn gǒu rù zhài
  1. 1 to lead the dog into the village (idiom)
  2. 2 to introduce a potential source of trouble
恶叉白赖
è chā bái lài
  1. 1 evil behavior (idiom); brazen villainy
打狗还得看主人
dǎ gǒu hái děi kàn zhǔ rén
  1. 1 lit. when one beats a dog, one must answer to its master (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. before punishing sb, one should consider how that would affect others associated with him
打落水狗
dǎ luò shuǐ gǒu
  1. 1 lit. to beat a drowning dog (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to pulverize an (already defeated) enemy
  3. 3 to hit sb when he's down
指鸡骂狗
zhǐ jī mà gǒu
  1. 1 lit. to point at the chicken while scolding the dog (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to make indirect criticisms
挂羊头卖狗肉
guà yáng tóu mài gǒu ròu
  1. 1 lit. to hang a sheep's head while selling dog meat (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to cheat
  3. 3 dishonest advertising
  4. 4 wicked deeds carried out under banner of virtue
放着明白装糊涂
fàng zhe míng bai zhuāng hú tu
  1. 1 to pretend not to know (idiom)

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