created sense approved 朝秦暮楚 · zhāoqínmùchǔ · quick to switch sides — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
朝秦暮楚
zhāoqínmùchǔ
quick to switch sides
serving the state of Qin in the morning and Chu in the evening; fickle; capricious; changing one's loyalties frequently. Derived from the Warring States period when smaller states shifted alliances between the states of Qin and Chu based on self-interest
朝 (literal) → 朝 · zhāo · morning 秦 (literal) → 秦 · qín · Qin state 暮 (literal) → 暮 · mù · evening 楚 (literal) → 楚 · chǔ · Chu State
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created sense approved 朝秦暮楚 · zhāoqínmùchǔ · to lead a wandering life — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
朝秦暮楚
zhāoqínmùchǔ
to lead a wandering life
to travel constantly from place to place without a fixed home. Literally "in the state of Qin in the morning and the state of Chu by evening"
朝 (literal) → 朝 · zhāo · morning 秦 (literal) → 秦 · qín · Qin state 暮 (literal) → 暮 · mù · evening 楚 (literal) → 楚 · chǔ · Chu State
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