to make frequent or unpredictable changes in policy (idiom)
朝 · 12 strokes
Depicts the early part of morning when the sun (日) can still be seen on the horizon between blades of grass (屮), and the moon (月) is still in the sky. Based on the original meaning "early morning". Th…
令 · 5 strokes
Depicts a person (卩) receiving commands from a mouth (口) above them.
夕 · 3 strokes
Pictograph of the moon. Used to express "evening" or "night".
改 · 7 strokes
Phonosemantic compound. 攵 represents the meaning and 己 represents the sound.
政策不能朝令夕改，否则人们无所适从。
Policies cannot be changed frequently, or people won't know what to follow.