颠倒
diān dǎo
Pinyin

Definition

颠倒
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diān dǎo
  1. to turn upside down
  2. to reverse
  3. back to front
  4. confused
  5. deranged
  6. crazy

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

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
dǎo méi
  1. 1 to have bad luck
  2. 2 to be out of luck
yī biān dǎo
  1. 1 to have the advantage overwhelmingly on one side
  2. 2 to support unconditionally
dǎo xià
  1. 1 to collapse
  2. 2 to topple over
dǎo dì
  1. 1 to fall to the ground
dào yǐng
  1. 1 inverted image
  2. 2 reversed image (e.g. upside down)
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)
dào liú
  1. 1 to flow backwards
  2. 2 reverse flow
dào jì shí
  1. 1 to count down
  2. 2 countdown
dào tiē
  1. 1 to lose money instead of being paid (i.e. sb should pay me, but is actually taking my money)
dǎo chē
  1. 1 to change buses, trains etc
dào tuì
  1. 1 to fall back
  2. 2 to go in reverse
dǎo bì
  1. 1 to go bankrupt
  2. 2 to close down
dǎo tóu
  1. 1 to lie down
  2. 2 to die
dǎo teng
  1. 1 to move
  2. 2 to shift
  3. 3 to exchange
  4. 4 to buy and sell
  5. 5 peddling
qīng dǎo
  1. 1 to topple over
  2. 2 to greatly admire
fǎn dào
  1. 1 but on the contrary
  2. 2 but expectedly
yā dǎo
  1. 1 to overwhelm
  2. 2 to overpower
  3. 3 overwhelming
dǎ dǎo
  1. 1 to overthrow
  2. 2 to knock down
  3. 3 Down with ... !
lā dǎo
  1. 1 to pull down
  2. 2 (coll.) to let it go
  3. 3 to drop it

Idioms (20)

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
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.
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
翻箱倒柜
fān xiāng dǎo guì
  1. 1 to overturn trunks and boxes
  2. 2 to make a thorough search (idiom)
翻箱倒箧
fān xiāng dǎo qiè
  1. 1 to overturn trunks and boxes
  2. 2 to make a thorough search (idiom)
解民倒悬
jiě mín dào xuán
  1. 1 lit. to rescue the people from hanging upside down (idiom, from Mencius); to save the people from dire straits
逆行倒施
nì xíng dǎo 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
随风倒柳
suí fēng dǎo liǔ
  1. 1 lit. a willow that bends with the wind
  2. 2 one with no fixed principles (idiom)

Sample Sentences

你不知道,你外公现在说话语无伦次,脾气也很坏,动不动就骂人。而且动作也不协调,经常摔跤。作息时间也是日夜颠倒,他整夜不睡,我和你爸爸晚上也睡不好。我们白天又要上班,真是太累了。
nǐ bù zhīdào ,nǐ wàigōng xiànzài shuōhuà yǔwúlúncì ,píqì yě hěn huài ,dòng bu dòng jiù màrén 。érqiě dòngzuò yě bù xiétiáo ,jīngcháng shuāijiāo 。zuòxī shíjiān yě shì rìyè diāndào ,tā zhěng yè bù shuì ,wǒ hé nǐ bàba wǎnshang yě shuìbuhǎo 。wǒmen báitiān yòu yào shàngbān ,zhēn shì tài lèi le 。
You don’t understand, your grandfather’s speech is incoherent now, and he’s really irritable, he shouts at people over the slightest thing. His movements aren’t coordinated and he falls over all the time. His sleep patterns are all messed up as well, he sleeps all day and doesn’t sleep at all at night, so your dad and I can’t get enough sleep. We both have to work during the day, it’s exhausting.
是啊,我就是喜欢她这种个性,现在我简直为她神魂颠倒了,所以我决定向她求婚!
shì a ,wǒ jiùshì xǐhuan tā zhèzhǒng gèxìng ,xiànzài wǒ jiǎnzhí wèi tā shénhúndiāndǎo le ,suǒyǐ wǒ juédìng xiàng tā qiúhūn !
Yeah. She's the kind of disposition I like and now I am simply head over heals in love with her, so I've decided to propose to her!
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