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倒挂

dào guà
Rare

Definitions

  1. 1. lit. to hang upside down
  2. 2. fig. topsy-turvy and inequitable, e.g. manufacturing and trading costs exceed the sale price (of some goods)
  3. 3. to borrow more than one can ever repay

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Child Words of 倒挂

倒
dǎo

to fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally

倒
dào

to invert; to place upside down or frontside back

挂
guà

to hang or suspend (from a hook etc)