- 反复无常 fǎnfùwúcháng ficklechangeable; capricious; describes someone or something that changes constantly or is unsteady
- 喜怒无常 xǐnùwúcháng moodySubject to changing moods; describes someone who switches unpredictably between being happy and being angry.
- 变化无常 biànhuàwúcháng constantly changing(idiom) changing in an irregular or unpredictable way; fickle; changeable ([[常|常|chang2]]: regularity; pattern)
- 变幻无常 biànhuànwúcháng changeableChanging constantly and unpredictably; full of shifts and variations.
- 出没无常 chūmòwúcháng to come and go unpredictablyto appear and disappear unpredictably; used to describe movements or whereabouts that are irregular or inconsistent
- 反覆无常 fǎnfùwúcháng ficklechangeable; capricious; frequently changing one's mind
- 学无常师 xuéwúchángshī one need not learn from only one teacher(idiom) a good learner is not limited to a single teacher but will seek knowledge from anyone who has expertise to offer.
- 黑白无常 hēibáiwúcháng Heibai Wuchangtwo deities in Chinese folk religion, one dressed in black and the other in white, who serve as guards or messengers responsible for capturing souls and escorting the spirits of the dead to the underworld
- 教无常师 jiàowúchángshī one can learn from anyoneone's education or learning does not need to be limited to a single fixed teacher; anyone with virtue or specialized knowledge can serve as a teacher
- 祸福无常 huòfúwúcháng fortune is unpredictabledisaster and happiness do not follow fixed rules; future blessings and misfortunes are unpredictable
- 诸行无常 zhūxíngwúcháng impermanenceall things are impermanent; the Buddhist concept that all conditioned phenomena are in a constant state of flux and decay
- 贵贱无常 guìjiànwúcháng fortunes changeone's social status or wealth is not permanent and can change over time
- 走无常 zǒuwúcháng to go into a tranceto enter a trance-like state to communicate with spirits; based on folk belief, it describes a person whose soul is temporarily summoned to the underworld to serve as a messenger of death before returning to life