倒把
dǎo bǎ
Pinyin

Definition

倒把
 - 
dǎo bǎ
  1. to play the market
  2. to speculate (on financial markets)
  3. to profiteer

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

倒
dǎo
  1. 1 to fall
  2. 2 to collapse
  3. 3 to lie horizontally
  4. 4 to overthrow
  5. 5 to fail
  6. 6 to go bankrupt
  7. 7 to change (trains or buses)
  8. 8 to move around
  9. 9 to resell at a profit
把
bǎ
  1. 1 to hold
  2. 2 to contain
  3. 3 to grasp
  4. 4 to take hold of
  5. 5 handle
  6. 6 particle marking the following noun as a direct object
  7. 7 classifier for objects with handle
  8. 8 classifier for small objects: handful
倒下
dǎo xià
  1. 1 to collapse
  2. 2 to topple over
倒数
dào shǔ
  1. 1 to count backwards (from 10 down to 0)
  2. 2 to count down
  3. 3 from the bottom (lines on a page)
  4. 4 from the back (rows of seats)
倒流
dào liú
  1. 1 to flow backwards
  2. 2 reverse flow
倒计时
dào jì shí
  1. 1 to count down
  2. 2 countdown
倒霉
dǎo méi
  1. 1 to have bad luck
  2. 2 to be out of luck
反倒
fǎn dào
  1. 1 but on the contrary
  2. 2 but expectedly
把握
bǎ wò
  1. 1 to grasp (also fig.)
  2. 2 to seize
  3. 3 to hold
  4. 4 assurance
  5. 5 certainty
  6. 6 sure (of the outcome)
摔倒
shuāi dǎo
  1. 1 to fall down
  2. 2 to slip and fall
  3. 3 to throw sb to the ground
晕倒
yūn dǎo
  1. 1 to faint
  2. 2 to swoon
  3. 3 to black out
  4. 4 to become unconscious
翻箱倒柜
fān xiāng dǎo guì
  1. 1 to overturn trunks and boxes
  2. 2 to make a thorough search (idiom)
跌倒
diē dǎo
  1. 1 to tumble
  2. 2 to fall
  3. 3 fig. to suffer a reverse (in politics or business)
颠倒
diān dǎo
  1. 1 to turn upside down
  2. 2 to reverse
  3. 3 back to front
  4. 4 confused
  5. 5 deranged
  6. 6 crazy
一把手
yī bǎ shǒu
  1. 1 working hand
  2. 2 member of a work team
  3. 3 participant
  4. 4 (short form of 第一把手[dì yī bǎ shǒu]) the boss
一边倒
yī biān dǎo
  1. 1 to have the advantage overwhelmingly on one side
  2. 2 to support unconditionally
一面倒
yī miàn dǎo
  1. 1 to be entirely on one side
  2. 2 one-sided
  3. 3 lopsided
  4. 4 partisan
  5. 5 overwhelmingly on one side
三班倒
sān bān dǎo
  1. 1 three-shift system (work rostering)
不倒翁
bù dǎo wēng
  1. 1 roly-poly toy
  2. 2 tilting doll
  3. 3 tumbler
二把手
èr bǎ shǒu
  1. 1 deputy leader
  2. 2 the second-in-command

Idioms (20)

一把屎一把尿
yī bǎ shǐ yī bǎ niào
  1. 1 to have endured all sorts of hardships (to raise one's children) (idiom)
一把眼泪一把鼻涕
yī bǎ yǎn lèi yī bǎ bí tì
  1. 1 with one's face covered in tears (idiom)
一把钥匙开一把锁
yī bǎ yào shi kāi yī bǎ suǒ
  1. 1 One key opens one lock.
  2. 2 There is a different solution for each problem. (idiom)
什么风把你吹来的
shén me fēng bǎ nǐ chuī lái de
  1. 1 What brings you here? (idiom)
倒悬之危
dào xuán zhī wēi
  1. 1 lit. the crisis of being hanged upside down (idiom); fig. extremely critical situation
  2. 2 dire straits
倒悬之急
dào xuán zhī jí
  1. 1 lit. the crisis of being hanged upside down (idiom); fig. extremely critical situation
  2. 2 dire straits
倒悬之苦
dào xuán zhī kǔ
  1. 1 lit. the pain of being hanged upside down (idiom); fig. extremely critical situation
  2. 2 dire straits
倒打一耙
dào dǎ yī pá
  1. 1 lit. to strike with a muckrake (idiom), cf Pigsy 豬八戒|猪八戒 in Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记; fig. to counterattack
  2. 2 to make bogus accusations (against one's victim)
倒行逆施
dào xíng nì shī
  1. 1 to go against the tide (idiom); to do things all wrong
  2. 2 to try to turn back history
  3. 3 a perverse way of doing things
偷鸡不成蚀把米
tōu jī bù chéng shí bǎ mǐ
  1. 1 lit. to try to steal a chicken only to end up losing the rice used to lure it (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to try to gain an advantage only to end up worse off
  3. 3 to go for wool and come back shorn
兵败如山倒
bīng bài rú shān dǎo
  1. 1 troops in defeat like a landslide (idiom); a beaten army in total collapse
好心倒做了驴肝肺
hǎo xīn dào zuò le lu:2 gān fēi
  1. 1 lit. to mistake good intentions for a donkey's liver and lungs (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to mistake good intentions for ill intent
把持不定
bǎ chí bù dìng
  1. 1 indecisive (idiom)
把酒言欢
bǎ jiǔ yán huān
  1. 1 to drink and chat merrily (idiom)
投机倒把
tóu jī dǎo bǎ
  1. 1 speculation and profiteering (idiom); buying and selling on speculation
捏一把冷汗
niē yī bǎ lěng hàn
  1. 1 to break out into a cold sweat (idiom)
捏一把汗
niē yī bǎ hàn
  1. 1 to break out into a cold sweat (idiom)
排山倒海
pái shān dǎo hǎi
  1. 1 lit. to topple the mountains and overturn the seas (idiom); earth-shattering
  2. 2 fig. gigantic
  3. 3 of spectacular significance
新官上任三把火
xīn guān shàng rèn sān bǎ huǒ
  1. 1 (of a newly appointed official) to make bold changes on assuming office (idiom)
本末倒置
běn mò dào zhì
  1. 1 lit. to invert root and branch (idiom); fig. confusing cause and effect
  2. 2 to stress the incidental over the fundamental
  3. 3 to put the cart before the horse

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