朝三暮四
ziu1 saam1 mou6 sei3zhao1san1mu4si4zhāo sān mù sì
English
- lit. say three in the morning but four in the evening (idiom); to change sth that is already settled upon
- (idiom) Fickle or fickleness
- indecisive
- to blow hot and cold
- (of people and, sometimes, things) changeable; fickle; capricious
粵語 — Cantonese
- 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