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打倒

dǎ dǎo
HSK 3.0 Level 7 Verb Uncommon

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Definitions

  1. 1. to overthrow
  2. 2. to knock down
  3. 3. Down with ... !

Word relationships

Antonyms

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拥护
yōng hù

to endorse; to support

opposite of overthrow; to support

Related words

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打垮
dǎ kuǎ

to defeat

to utterly defeat or crush an opponent

Synonyms

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推翻
tuī fān

to overthrow

overthrow a government or authority
击倒
jī dǎo

to knock down

physically knock down a person

Usage notes

Collocations

Often used in political slogans, e.g., 打倒帝国主义 (Down with imperialism).

Common mistakes

Do not use 打倒 for accidentally knocking something over; use 碰倒 or 撞倒 instead.

Example Sentences

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他们决心 打倒 腐败的政权。
They are determined to overthrow the corrupt regime.

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Child Words of 打倒

倒
dǎo

to fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally

倒
dào

to invert; to place upside down or frontside back

打
dá

dozen (loanword)

打
dǎ

to beat