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倒弄
dǎo nong
Pinyin
Definition
倒弄
-
dǎo nong
to move (things around)
to buy and sell at a profit (derog.)
Character Decomposition
倒
亻
至
刂
弄
王
艹
Related Words
(20)
倒
dǎo
1
to fall
2
to collapse
3
to lie horizontally
4
to overthrow
5
to fail
6
to go bankrupt
7
to change (trains or buses)
8
to move around
9
to resell at a profit
倒霉
dǎo méi
1
to have bad luck
2
to be out of luck
弄
lòng
1
lane
2
alley
一边倒
yī biān dǎo
1
to have the advantage overwhelmingly on one side
2
to support unconditionally
倒下
dǎo xià
1
to collapse
2
to topple over
倒地
dǎo dì
1
to fall to the ground
倒影
dào yǐng
1
inverted image
2
reversed image (e.g. upside down)
倒数
dào shǔ
1
to count backwards (from 10 down to 0)
2
to count down
3
from the bottom (lines on a page)
4
from the back (rows of seats)
倒流
dào liú
1
to flow backwards
2
reverse flow
倒计时
dào jì shí
1
to count down
2
countdown
倒贴
dào tiē
1
to lose money instead of being paid (i.e. sb should pay me, but is actually taking my money)
倒车
dǎo chē
1
to change buses, trains etc
倒退
dào tuì
1
to fall back
2
to go in reverse
倒闭
dǎo bì
1
to go bankrupt
2
to close down
倒头
dǎo tóu
1
to lie down
2
to die
倒腾
dǎo teng
1
to move
2
to shift
3
to exchange
4
to buy and sell
5
peddling
倾倒
qīng dǎo
1
to topple over
2
to greatly admire
反倒
fǎn dào
1
but on the contrary
2
but expectedly
压倒
yā dǎo
1
to overwhelm
2
to overpower
3
overwhelming
弄丢
nòng diū
1
to lose
Idioms
(20)
倒悬之危
dào xuán zhī wēi
1
lit. the crisis of being hanged upside down (idiom); fig. extremely critical situation
2
dire straits
倒悬之急
dào xuán zhī jí
1
lit. the crisis of being hanged upside down (idiom); fig. extremely critical situation
2
dire straits
倒悬之苦
dào xuán zhī kǔ
1
lit. the pain of being hanged upside down (idiom); fig. extremely critical situation
2
dire straits
倒打一耙
dào dǎ yī pá
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
to make bogus accusations (against one's victim)
倒行逆施
dào xíng nì shī
1
to go against the tide (idiom); to do things all wrong
2
to try to turn back history
3
a perverse way of doing things
兵败如山倒
bīng bài rú shān dǎo
1
troops in defeat like a landslide (idiom); a beaten army in total collapse
含饴弄孙
hán yí nòng sūn
1
lit. to play with one's grandchildren while eating candy (idiom)
2
fig. to enjoy a happy and leisurely old age
好心倒做了驴肝肺
hǎo xīn dào zuò le lu:2 gān fēi
1
lit. to mistake good intentions for a donkey's liver and lungs (idiom)
2
fig. to mistake good intentions for ill intent
弄假成真
nòng jiǎ chéng zhēn
1
pretense that turns into reality (idiom); to play at make-believe, but accidentally make it true
弄嘴弄舌
nòng zuǐ nòng shé
1
to cause a dispute through boastful gossip (idiom)
弄懂弄通
nòng dǒng nòng tōng
1
to get a thorough understanding of sth (idiom)
弄虚作假
nòng xū zuò jiǎ
1
to practice fraud (idiom); by trickery
投机倒把
tóu jī dǎo bǎ
1
speculation and profiteering (idiom); buying and selling on speculation
排山倒海
pái shān dǎo hǎi
1
lit. to topple the mountains and overturn the seas (idiom); earth-shattering
2
fig. gigantic
3
of spectacular significance
搔首弄姿
sāo shǒu nòng zī
1
to stroke one's hair coquettishly (idiom)
搬弄是非
bān nòng shì fēi
1
to incite a quarrel (idiom); to sow discord between people
2
to tell tales
3
to make mischief
本末倒置
běn mò dào zhì
1
lit. to invert root and branch (idiom); fig. confusing cause and effect
2
to stress the incidental over the fundamental
3
to put the cart before the horse
东倒西歪
dōng dǎo xī wāi
1
to lean unsteadily from side to side (idiom)
2
to sway
3
(of buildings etc) to lean at a crazy angle
树倒猢狲散
shù dǎo hú sūn sàn
1
When the tree topples the monkeys scatter. (idiom); fig. an opportunist abandons an unfavorable cause
2
Rats leave a sinking ship.
班门弄斧
Bān mén nòng fǔ
1
to display one's slight skill before an expert (idiom)
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