倒背如流

dào bèi rú liú

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1. to know by heart (so well that you can recite it backwards)

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Child Words of 倒背如流

• 倒 倒 dǎo: to fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally
• 倒 倒 dào: to invert; to place upside down or frontside back
• 如 如 rú: as
• 流 流 liú: to flow
• 背 背 bēi: to be burdened
• 背 背 bèi: the back of a body or object