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