粵

朝ziu1三saam1暮mou6四sei3

ziu1 saam1 mou6 sei3zhao1san1mu4si4zhāo sān mù sì

English

  1. lit. say three in the morning but four in the evening (idiom); to change sth that is already settled upon
  2. (idiom) Fickle or fickleness
  3. indecisive
  4. to blow hot and cold
  5. (of people and, sometimes, things) changeable; fickle; capricious

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 形容心思成日變,反覆無常,一時一樣樣;有時都會用嚟形容事物

Examples

  • 佢成日朝三暮四,佢講嘅嘢真係信唔過。

    He has such a fickle mind so his words cannot be rightly trusted.

Sources: cc-canto, cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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