Results for “倒”

to gasp (in surprise, dismay, fright etc)

(lit.) to present the handle of a sword to another (idiom) / (fig.) to relinquish power to another / to place oneself at another's mercy

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

(of the husband) to marry into and live with the wife's family (inverting traditional Chinese expectations)

to take turns / to rotate (responsibility)

to place upside down / to play (a video) backwards

to collapse (of building)

to start a narrative at the end (or midway), then proceed chronologically from the beginning / to flash back / flashback (in a novel, movie etc)

to fall dead

to reflect (producing an inverted image)

cold snap during the spring

to adjust to a different time zone

to take turns (responsibility) / to replace

fallen tree

to reverse cause and effect / to put the horse before the cart

to fall headlong / (fig.) to suffer an ignominious failure

to die out (of livestock)

see 翻江倒海[fān jiāng dǎo hǎi]

to flow backwards / to flow in the reverse direction

to fall (from power) / in decline / unlucky

to have smoke billowing from a fireplace or stove (due to a blockage in the chimney)

(coll.) a profiteer / (business) wheeler-dealer

(cinema) to rewind (a reel) / (photography) to rewind (a roll of film)

to change shifts / to work in turns

phase reversal / phase inversion

trichiasis (ingrown eyelashes)

to empty (a bag) / to turn inside out / to turn out

inverted image / reversed image (e.g. upside down)

to turn over manure / fig. to offend others by endlessly repeating unpleasant remarks

to invert

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

with one's hands behind one's back

erhua variant of 倒背手[dào bèi shǒu]

to lie down / to drop dead

to pour out one's grievances

rotation of crops

backwards / in reverse / upside down

mischief / to make trouble

to have rotten luck (stronger version of 倒霉[dǎo méi])

to go against the tide (idiom) / to do things all wrong / to try to turn back history / a perverse way of doing things