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颠倒

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diān dǎo

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Definitions

  1. 1. to turn upside down
  2. 2. to reverse
  3. 3. back to front
  4. 4. confused
  5. 5. deranged
  6. 6. crazy

Words Containing 颠倒

神魂颠倒
shén hún diān dǎo

lit. spirit and soul upside down (idiom); infatuated and head over heels in love

颠倒是非
diān dǎo shì fēi

to invert right and wrong

颠倒过来
diān dǎo guò lái

to invert

颠倒黑白
diān dǎo hēi bái

lit. to invert black and white (idiom); to distort the truth deliberately

Child Words of 颠倒

倒
dǎo

to fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally

倒
dào

to invert; to place upside down or frontside back

颠
diān

to fall forwards

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