倒
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Definitions
- 1. to invert; to place upside down or frontside back
- 2. to pour out
- 3. to tip out; to dump
- 4. inverted; upside down; reversed
- 5. to go backward
- 6. contrary to what one might expect; but; yet
Words Containing 倒
to collapse
to collapse (of building)
to count backwards (from 10 down to 0)
inverse number
contrary to what one might expect
to count down
to resell at a profit
to change buses, trains etc
to reverse (a vehicle)
to go bankrupt
to have bad luck
but on the contrary
to overwhelm
to overthrow
to fall down
to faint
to turn upside down
to have the advantage overwhelmingly on one side
to be entirely on one side
three-shift system (work rostering)
roly-poly toy
(of cereal crops) to collapse and lie flat
to shift holidays, taking a weekday off
inversion
to transfer grain from a store (e.g. to sun it)
(optics) inverted image
barb
instead
Wrightia tinctoria (flowering plant in Apocynaceae family, common names dyer's oleander or pala indigo)
to gasp (with amazement or shock etc)
(of a singer) to lose one's voice
to ruminate (of cows)
(of cows) to ruminate
to fall to the ground
to collapse (of building)
mirror writing
dead loan
rewind (media player)
reverse order
to move (things around)
adverse audience reaction: boos and jeers, hissing, catcalls or deliberate applause after a mistake
jeering
inverted image
lit. to hang upside down
lit. the crisis of being hanged upside down (idiom); fig. extremely critical situation
lit. the crisis of being hanged upside down (idiom); fig. extremely critical situation
lit. the pain of being hanged upside down (idiom); fig. extremely critical situation
to change sides in a war
to lay down arms
Taiwan political movement aimed at forcing the resignation of President Chen Shui-bian 陳水扁|陈水扁[chén shuǐ biǎn] in 2006 over corruption allegations
to shift from one hand to the other
lit. to strike with a muckrake (idiom), cf Pigsy 豬八戒|猪八戒 in Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记; fig. to counterattack
to play the market
to gasp (in surprise, dismay, fright etc)
lit. to hang upside down
to marry and live with the bride's family (inverting traditional Chinese expectations)
to take turns
to turn upside down
to collapse (of building)
to flash back
to fall dead
to reflect (producing an inverted image)
to adjust to a different time zone
to take turns (responsibility)
to reverse cause and effect
to fall headlong
to die out (of livestock)
to flow backwards
see 翻江倒海[fān jiāng dǎo hǎi]
to flow backwards (of water, because of flood, tide, wind etc)
to fall (from power)
to have smoke billowing from a fireplace or stove (due to a blockage in the chimney)
(coll.) a profiteer
(cinema) to rewind (a reel)
to change shifts
phase reversal
trichiasis (ingrown eyelashes)
to empty (a bag)
a handstand
inverted image
to turn over manure
to invert
to spoil one's appetite
to know by heart (so well that you can recite it backwards)
with one's hands behind one's back
to lie down
to fall from power; to collapse
to pour out one's grievances
rotation of crops
backwards; in reverse; upside down
mischief
to have rotten luck (stronger version of 倒霉[dǎo méi])
to go against the tide (idiom); to do things all wrong
(linguistics) to invert (word order)
(linguistics) inverted sentence
to buy and sell at a profit
to lose money instead of being paid (i.e. sb should pay me, but is actually taking my money)
to sustain loss in trade
unrecoverable debt
reverse gear
to make an about-turn; to reverse one's direction, policy, sequence etc; to turn things on their head
(of time, or a video clip etc) to run in reverse
to fall back
(neologism c. 2006) (of circumstances) to stimulate (change, esp. innovation, reform etc)
to have bad luck
barb
locked in (with the door locked from the outside)
to reverse a vehicle
(med.) to be impotent
(coll.) poor devil
to lie down
to move
to topple over
to dump
(idiom) to exhaust all one has
troops in defeat like a landslide (idiom); a beaten army in total collapse
but on the contrary
to stump
to boo or jeer (as a sign of displeasure at an actor)
to be frightened
overwhelming
(idiom) to mistake good intentions for ill will
speculation by officials
to collapse
to be more of a hindrance than a help
see 想得美[xiǎng dé měi]
handstand
speculation and profiteering (idiom); buying and selling on speculation
to pull down
to prostrate oneself
doubled up with laughter
lit. to topple the mountains and overturn the seas (idiom); earth-shattering
to push over
to knock down
to knock down
to fall down
to knock down
to knock over; to knock down; to lay flat; to fell; to bring down
to faint
lit. to invert root and branch (idiom); fig. confusing cause and effect
to lean unsteadily from side to side (idiom)
lit. the east wind prevails over the west wind (idiom)
to take a fall
When the tree topples the monkeys scatter. (idiom); fig. an opportunist abandons an unfavorable cause
saltwater intrusion
to slip (lose one's footing)
down on one's luck; in straitened circumstances; disappointed; frustrated
lit. when a wall is about to collapse, everybody gives it a shove (idiom)
sickness comes like a landslide, but goes slowly like spinning silk (idiom); expect to convalesce slowly
to fall ill
to interrogate, leaving sb speechless
to knock sth over
lit. spirit and soul upside down (idiom); infatuated and head over heels in love
lit. to move mountains and drain seas
impoverished and dejected; wretched and penniless
to pour beans out of a bamboo tube
to trip
to split one's sides laughing
to overturn
lit. overturning seas and rivers (idiom)
to overturn trunks and boxes
to overturn trunks and boxes
to lie down
lit. to rescue the people from hanging upside down (idiom, from Mencius); to save the people from dire straits
destitute; poverty-stricken
to tumble
to kneel down
to lie down
to invert the importance of things (i.e. stress the unimportant and neglect the important)
to go against the tide (idiom); to do things all wrong
Oh that's true! (interjection of sudden realization)
to drive in reverse
to bend with the wind
lit. a willow that bends with the wind
to trim one's sails with the wind
not to pose a problem for sb
to baffle
Timber! (lumberjack's warning call)
headstand
confused
to harp on
to invert right and wrong
to invert
lit. to invert black and white (idiom); to distort the truth deliberately
to have sexual intercourse
to refute