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Pinyin
dào、 dǎo
Definition
to fall / to collapse / to topple / to change / to fail / bankrupt, upset / turn over / to tip / to pour / to go home / to the contrary / inverted
倒 [dǎo]
〈动〉
1. To fall down; (En.) fall.
Example: 摔倒 (to fall down).
2. To fail; to be on the decline; (En.) fail; be on the decline.
Example: 倒霉 (to have bad luck).
3. To lead to bankruptcy; (En.) bankrupt.
Example: 银行倒了 (the bank went bankrupt).
4. To move or replace; (En.) move; replace.
Example: 倒替 (to rotate).
5. To stop or interrupt; (En.) stop.
Example: 倒顿 (to pause).
6. To collapse; (En.) collapse.
Example: 倒塌 (to collapse).
7. To sell out; (En.) sell out.
Example: 倒盘 (to sell all store inventory).
8. See also dào.
倒 [dào]
〈动〉
1. To be upside down or inverted; (En.) put upside down; be upside down; be inverted.
Example: 倒影 (reflection).
2. To move backwards; (En.) reverse; move backwards.
Example: 倒车 (to reverse a vehicle).
3. To pour out or empty; (En.) pour out; empty.
Example: 倒水 (to pour water).
4. To cast; (En.) cast.
Example: 倒一锭银子 (to cast a silver ingot).
〈副〉
1. On the contrary; (En.) on the contrary; instead.
Example: 倒来苦害 (instead causing suffering).
2. Indicating the notion that the matter is not as one thinks; (En.) indicating the notion that the matter is not as one thinks.
Example: 倒简单 (not as simple as it seems).
3. Indicating unexpectedness; (En.) indicating unexpectedness.
Example: 我倒要听听 (I want to hear this).
4. Indicating concession; (En.) indicating concession.
Example: 质量倒挺好 (the quality is actually good).
5. Indicating an urging or questioning; (En.) indicating an urging or questioning.
Example: 你倒说说看 (why don’t you say something).
6. See also dǎo.
to flash back / flashback (in a novel, movie etc)
to lie down / to drop to the ground
lit. to hang upside down / fig. in dire straits
to change sides in a war / turncoat
to play the market / to speculate (on financial markets) / to profiteer
to prostrate oneself / to fall on one's knees / to grovel
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
to knock down / to knock over / to run over (sb)
to reflect (producing an inverted image)
to overturn trunks and boxes / to make a thorough search (idiom)
to fall headlong / (fig.) to suffer an ignominious failure
but on the contrary / but expectedly
to have bad luck / to be out of luck
to fall down / to slip and fall / to throw sb to the ground
to fall back / to go in reverse
to kneel down / to sink to one's knees / to grovel
to turn upside down / to reverse / back to front / confused / deranged / crazy
to collapse / to topple over
to tumble / to fall / fig. to suffer a reverse (in politics or business)
to overwhelm / to overpower / overwhelming
to make an about-turn / to reverse one's direction, policy, sequence etc / to turn things on their head
to collapse (of building) / to topple over
to go bankrupt / to close down
to faint / to swoon / to black out / to become unconscious