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倒位
dào wèi
Pinyin
Definition
倒位
-
dào wèi
inversion
Character Decomposition
倒
亻
至
刂
位
亻
立
Related Words
(20)
位
wèi
1
position
2
location
3
place
4
seat
5
classifier for people (honorific)
6
classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes)
7
(physics) potential
位置
wèi zhi
1
position
2
place
3
seat
4
CL:個|个[gè]
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
各位
gè wèi
1
everybody
2
all (guests, colleagues etc)
3
all of you
单位
dān wèi
1
unit (of measure)
2
unit (group of people as a whole)
3
work unit (place of employment, esp. in the PRC prior to economic reform)
4
CL:個|个[gè]
位子
wèi zi
1
place
2
seat
位于
wèi yú
1
to be located at
2
to be situated at
3
to lie
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
倒霉
dǎo méi
1
to have bad luck
2
to be out of luck
倒头
dǎo tóu
1
to lie down
2
to die
价位
jià wèi
1
price level
全方位
quán fāng wèi
1
all around
2
omnidirectional
3
complete
4
holistic
5
comprehensive
Idioms
(20)
人位相宜
rén wèi xiāng yí
1
to be the right person for the job (idiom)
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
加官进位
jiā guān jìn wèi
1
promotion in official post and salary raise (idiom)
各就各位
gè jiù gè wèi
1
(of the people in a group) to get into position (idiom)
2
(athletics) On your mark!
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
尸位素餐
shī wèi sù cān
1
to hold a sinecure (idiom)
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
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.
病来如山倒，病去如抽丝
bìng lái rú shān dǎo , bìng qù rú chōu sī
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
lit. spirit and soul upside down (idiom); infatuated and head over heels in love
2
fascinated
3
captivated
翻江倒海
fān jiāng dǎo hǎi
1
lit. overturning seas and rivers (idiom)
2
fig. overwhelming
3
earth-shattering
4
in a spectacular mess
翻箱倒柜
fān xiāng dǎo guì
1
to overturn trunks and boxes
2
to make a thorough search (idiom)
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