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倒背如流
dào bèi rú liú
Pinyin
Definition
倒背如流
-
dào bèi rú liú
to know by heart (so well that you can recite it backwards)
Character Decomposition
倒
亻
至
刂
背
北
月
如
女
口
流
氵
亠
厶
儿
丨
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
如
rú
1
as
2
as if
3
such as
如今
rú jīn
1
nowadays
2
now
如何
rú hé
1
how
2
what way
3
what
如果
rú guǒ
1
if
2
in case
3
in the event that
如此
rú cǐ
1
in this way
2
so
背
bēi
1
variant of 背[bēi]
流行
liú xíng
1
(of a contagious disease etc) to spread
2
to propagate
3
(of a style of clothing, song etc) popular
4
fashionable
万事如意
wàn shì rú yì
1
to have all one's wishes (idiom)
2
best wishes
3
all the best
4
may all your hopes be fulfilled
一如既往
yī rú jì wǎng
1
just as in the past (idiom); as before
2
continuing as always
一流
yī liú
1
top quality
2
front ranking
一见如故
yī jiàn rú gù
1
familiarity at first sight
下流
xià liú
1
lower course of a river
2
low-class
3
mean and lowly
4
vulgar
5
obscene
不如
bù rú
1
not equal to
2
not as good as
3
inferior to
4
it would be better to
主流
zhǔ liú
1
main stream (of a river)
2
fig. the essential point
3
main viewpoint of a matter
4
mainstream (culture etc)
交流
jiāo liú
1
to exchange
2
exchange
3
communication
4
interaction
5
to have social contact (with sb)
人流
rén liú
1
stream of people
2
abortion
3
abbr. for 人工流產|人工流产[rén gōng liú chǎn]
例如
lì rú
1
for example
2
for instance
3
such as
倒下
dǎo xià
1
to collapse
2
to topple over
倒地
dǎo dì
1
to fall to the ground
Idioms
(20)
一如既往
yī rú jì wǎng
1
just as in the past (idiom); as before
2
continuing as always
一日不见，如隔三秋
yī rì bù jiàn , rú gé sān qiū
1
one day apart seems like three years (idiom)
一清如水
yī qīng rú shuǐ
1
lit. as clear as water (idiom)
2
fig. (of officials etc) honest and incorruptible
了如指掌
liǎo rú zhǐ zhǎng
1
to know sth like the back of one's hand (idiom)
2
to know (a person, a place etc) inside out
人往高处走，水往低处流
rén wǎng gāo chù zǒu , shuǐ wǎng dī chù liú
1
man seeks his way up just as water seeks its way down (idiom)
2
one should constantly strive to make progress
人生如梦
rén shēng rú mèng
1
life is but a dream (idiom)
人生如朝露
rén shēng rú zhāo lù
1
human life as the morning dew (idiom); fig. ephemeral and precarious nature of human existence
付之东流
fù zhī dōng liú
1
to commit to the waters (idiom); to lose sth irrevocably
伴君如伴虎
bàn jūn rú bàn hǔ
1
being close to the sovereign can be as perilous as lying with a tiger (idiom)
但愿如此
dàn yuàn rú cǐ
1
if only it were so
2
I hope so (idiom)
依然如故
yī rán rú gù
1
back to where we were (idiom); absolutely no improvement
2
Things haven't changed at all.
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
倘能如此
tǎng néng rú cǐ
1
if it is possible (idiom)
俨如白昼
yǎn rú bái zhòu
1
as bright as daylight (idiom)
兵败如山倒
bīng bài rú shān dǎo
1
troops in defeat like a landslide (idiom); a beaten army in total collapse
势如破竹
shì rú pò zhú
1
like a hot knife through butter (idiom)
2
with irresistible force
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