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serve Qin in the morning Chu in the evening (idiom); quick to switch sides

朝秦暮楚
zhāo qín mù chǔ
zh+āo·1st toneq+ín·2nd tonem+ù·4th tonech+ǔ·3rd tone
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Synonyms
lit. say three in the morning but four in the evening (idiom); to change sth that is already settled upon · indecisive · to blow hot and cold朝三暮四zhāo sān mù sìin two minds about sth (idiom) · half-hearted · shilly-shallying三心二意sān xīn èr yìto change at once on seeing sth different (idiom); loving fads and novelty · never satisfied with what one has见异思迁jiàn yì sī qiānfickle · (math.) multivariate多变duō biàna long delay means many hitches · a long night is fraught with dreams · there is many a slip between the cup and the lip夜长梦多yè cháng mèng duōto make frequent or unpredictable changes in policy (idiom)朝令夕改zhāo lìng xī gǎi
Antonyms
unswerving · unflinching始终不渝shǐ zhōng bù yúunswerving from start to finish (idiom)始终如一shǐ zhōng rú yī
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