倒
dào
Pinyin
Definition
倒
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- to place upside down
- to invert
- to pour
- to throw out
- to move backwards
- however
- actually
- as a matter of fact
- contrary to expectation
倒
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- to fall
- to collapse
- to lie horizontally
- to overthrow
- to fail
- to go bankrupt
- to change (trains or buses)
- to move around
- to resell at a profit
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 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
- 1 to have bad luck
- 2 to be out of luck
- 1 to have the advantage overwhelmingly on one side
- 2 to support unconditionally
- 1 to collapse
- 2 to topple over
- 1 to fall to the ground
Idioms (20)
倒悬之危
- 1 lit. the crisis of being hanged upside down (idiom); fig. extremely critical situation
- 2 dire straits
倒悬之急
- 1 lit. the crisis of being hanged upside down (idiom); fig. extremely critical situation
- 2 dire straits
倒悬之苦
- 1 lit. the pain of being hanged upside down (idiom); fig. extremely critical situation
- 2 dire straits
倒打一耙
- 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
- 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
Sample Sentences
服务员给客人倒茶。
The waiter is pouring tea for the guests.
不知道啊,今年很倒霉。
I have no idea. I'm in bad luck this year.
现在啊,现在倒是有点时间。
I actually have some free time now.
我帮你倒。
Let me pour for you.
这位乐先生还原了当天的情况:他把烛火调成和案发当天一样,倒了杯酒,自己坐在那位友人当天坐的位子上。一端起酒杯,“哎呀!杯子里有条蛇!这不,我破案了!”
Mr. Yue restored the scene. He adjusted the candlelight to what it looked like that day, poured a glass of wine, and took the seat where his friend sat on that day. As soon as he held the glass up, he realized, "Oh! There is a snake in the glass! I solved the case!"
隔了几日,乐广听闻这位友人病倒的消息,特别登门探望他。在问到病因的时候,友人便将当日饮酒时的情况一五一十地告知了乐广。乐广一听也懵了,回家的路上心想:“我家里哪来的小蛇呢?要是真有蛇的话也非得找出来,要不自己住得也提心吊胆的!”于是一回到家便展开了捕蛇行动。
A few days later, after Yue Guang heard the news that his friend fell ill, he paid a special visit to his place. When asked about the cause, his friend told him exactly what happened on the day when they were drinking. Yue Guang is so confused when hearing this, and started to think while returning back home. "Where did the little snake come from? If there really is a snake, I have to find it, or else I will be in fear of living there. " So as soon as he got home, he started the snake catching operation.
相传一千多年前在中国晋朝有位叫做乐广的人,交游广阔,特别喜欢宴请朋友到家中喝酒聊天。有一次,在宴席上,乐广的一位朋友在敬酒时,看见杯子里有条小蛇在酒里蠕动,这位朋友虽然饱受惊吓,但碍于面子,不得不勉强将酒一饮而尽。回家之后,老觉得自己肚子里有条小蛇钻来钻去,越想越难受,竟然因此病倒了!
Legend has it, more than a thousand years ago, in the Gin dynasty of China, there was a person named Yue Guang. He has many friends, and he especially likes to invite friends to come over to have a drink and chat. Once at the banquet, a friend of Yue Guang saw a little snake wriggling in the glass while toasting. Although his friend was frightened, because of his pride, he had no choice but to force himself to drink up the wine. After he got home, he constantly felt like there’s a snake winding around in his stomach. The more he thought about it, the more uncomfortable he felt. He even ended up falling ill because of this!
于是乐广立马奔去找友人,将友人带回自己家中,又将情况重新完整地还原了一次。友人一看”唷!这不就是我当天喝下去的那条蛇吗?原来它压根儿就不是蛇,只是弓的倒影,是我自己吓自己!虚惊一场!”。知道了原委,他这病也就立刻痊愈了。
He rushed to his friend's immediately, brought him back to his place, and restored the scene again. Once his friend saw it, he realized,"Oh! Isn't this the snake I swallowed down that day? It turns out that it is not a snake at all, but a reflection of the bow. I was scaring myself. False alarm!" After knowing the whole story, he restored his health immediately.
1、我爷爷家里有很多花花草草,但他从来没有精心照料过。与其说他养花,倒不如说是让花自生自灭。
My grandpa has a lot of flowers at home, but he never takes good care of them. Instead of saying he takes care of the flowers, it’s better to say the flowers are left to their own fate.
说的倒是,抢口罩、抢纸巾、卫生纸,像世界大战一样。
You are right. People are panic buying masks and toilet pater. It's just like a World War.