







苍黄反复 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to be fickle and changeable”. To fluctuate unpredictably; unstable and capricious. Literally, “Azure/blue turning yellow and back again”.

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Open the tool →苍黄反复 (cāng huáng fǎn fù) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to be fickle and changeable”.
苍黄反复 is pronounced cāng huáng fǎn fù in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 苍黄反复 means “Azure/blue turning yellow and back again”. It is used to mean “to be fickle and changeable”.
苍:青色。反复:颠过来倒过去。青的一会儿变成黄的,黄的一会变成青的。比喻变化不定,反复无常。亦作“苍黄翻复”。