倒彩
dào cǎi
Pinyin

Definition

倒彩
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dào cǎi
  1. adverse audience reaction: boos and jeers, hissing, catcalls or deliberate applause after a mistake

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
彩色
cǎi sè
  1. 1 color
  2. 2 multi-colored
  3. 3 CL:種|种[zhǒng]
彩蛋
cǎi dàn
  1. 1 painted eggshell
  2. 2 Easter egg
  3. 3 (media) Easter egg (hidden feature in software or a movie etc)
  4. 4 post-credits scene
精彩
jīng cǎi
  1. 1 wonderful
  2. 2 marvelous
  3. 3 brilliant
七彩
qī cǎi
  1. 1 seven colors
  2. 2 a variety of colors
  3. 3 multi-colored
  4. 4 rainbow-colored
五彩
wǔ cǎi
  1. 1 five (main) colors (white, black, red, yellow, and blue)
  2. 2 multicolored
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
倒退
dào tuì
  1. 1 to fall back
  2. 2 to go in reverse
倒闭
dǎo bì
  1. 1 to go bankrupt
  2. 2 to close down
倒霉
dǎo méi
  1. 1 to have bad luck
  2. 2 to be out of luck
倒头
dǎo tóu
  1. 1 to lie down
  2. 2 to die
光彩
guāng cǎi
  1. 1 luster
  2. 2 splendor
  3. 3 radiance
  4. 4 brilliance
反倒
fǎn dào
  1. 1 but on the contrary
  2. 2 but expectedly
喝彩
hè cǎi
  1. 1 to acclaim
  2. 2 to cheer
多彩
duō cǎi
  1. 1 colorful
  2. 2 flamboyant
彩信
cǎi xìn
  1. 1 multi-media messaging service (MMS) (telecommunications)
彩妆
cǎi zhuāng
  1. 1 makeup
  2. 2 cosmetics

Idioms (20)

五彩缤纷
wǔ cǎi bīn fēn
  1. 1 all the colors in profusion (idiom); a garish display
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
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
张灯结彩
zhāng dēng jié cǎi
  1. 1 to be decorated with lanterns and colored banners (idiom)
投机倒把
tóu jī dǎo bǎ
  1. 1 speculation and profiteering (idiom); buying and selling on speculation
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
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
东倒西歪
dōng dǎo xī wāi
  1. 1 to lean unsteadily from side to side (idiom)
  2. 2 to sway
  3. 3 (of buildings etc) to lean at a crazy angle
树倒猢狲散
shù dǎo hú sūn sàn
  1. 1 When the tree topples the monkeys scatter. (idiom); fig. an opportunist abandons an unfavorable cause
  2. 2 Rats leave a sinking ship.
流光溢彩
liú guāng yì cǎi
  1. 1 lit. flowing light and overflowing color
  2. 2 brilliant lights and vibrant colors (idiom)
浓墨重彩
nóng mò zhòng cǎi
  1. 1 thick and heavy in colors
  2. 2 to describe sth in colorful language with attention to detail (idiom)
无精打彩
wú jīng dǎ cǎi
  1. 1 dull and colorless (idiom); lacking vitality
  2. 2 not lively
病来如山倒，病去如抽丝
bìng lái rú shān dǎo , bìng qù rú chōu sī
  1. 1 sickness comes like a landslide, but goes slowly like spinning silk (idiom); expect to convalesce slowly
神魂颠倒
shén hún diān dǎo
  1. 1 lit. spirit and soul upside down (idiom); infatuated and head over heels in love
  2. 2 fascinated
  3. 3 captivated
翻江倒海
fān jiāng dǎo hǎi
  1. 1 lit. overturning seas and rivers (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. overwhelming
  3. 3 earth-shattering
  4. 4 in a spectacular mess

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