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fickle; blow hot and cold; chop and change; play fast and loose

zhāo sān mù sì

朝 三 暮 四

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derogfickle; blow hot and cold; chop and change; play fast and loose
- tā zhè ge rén zhāo sān mù sì zuò shì zǒng shì hǔ tóu shé wěi
  他这个人朝三暮四，做事总是虎头蛇尾。
  He is a fickle man and always does things in an anticlimactic way.
synonym
fǎn fù wú cháng反复无常 chū ěr fǎn ěr出尔反尔 sān xīn èr yì三心二意 zhāo lìng xī gǎi朝令夕改 sān xīn liǎng yì三心两意 zhāo qín mù chǔ朝秦暮楚 èr sān qí dé二三其德
antonym
quán xīn quán yì全心全意 zì shǐ zhì zhōng自始至终 chí zhī yǐ héng持之以恒 shǐ zhōng bù yú始终不渝 shǐ zhōng rú yī始终如一 shǐ zhì bù yí矢志不移 zhōng zhēn bù yú忠贞不渝

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