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倒灌

dào guàn

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Definitions

  1. 1. to flow backwards (of water, because of flood, tide, wind etc)
  2. 2. reverse flow
  3. 3. to back up (sewage)

Words Containing 倒灌

海水倒灌
hǎi shuǐ dào guàn

saltwater intrusion

Child Words of 倒灌

灌
guàn

to irrigate

倒
dǎo

to fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally

倒
dào

to invert; to place upside down or frontside back