倒数 (倒數)
dào shǔ
Pinyin

Definition

倒数 (倒數)
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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)
倒数 (倒數)
 - 
dào shù
  1. inverse number
  2. reciprocal (math.)

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
倒霉
dǎo méi
  1. 1 to have bad luck
  2. 2 to be out of luck
一边倒
yī biān dǎo
  1. 1 to have the advantage overwhelmingly on one side
  2. 2 to support unconditionally
倒下
dǎo xià
  1. 1 to collapse
  2. 2 to topple over
倒地
dǎo dì
  1. 1 to fall to the ground

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

Sample Sentences

之前我每年都是在电视前面看烟火，跟着跨年演唱会倒数，最多找几个朋友来干个杯、许个新年愿望之类的，实在有点腻了。
zhīqián wǒ měinián dōu shì zài diànshì qiánmian kàn yānhuǒ ，gēn zhe kuànián yǎnchànghuì dàoshǔ ，zuì duō zhǎo jǐ ge péngyou lái gàn gè bēi 、xǔ gè xīnnián yuànwàng zhīlèi de ，shízài yǒudiǎnr nì le 。
Before, every year I would watch the fireworks in front of the television and count down with the new year concert. At most, I would have a drink with a few friends and make a new year's wish or something like that. I'm a little sick of it.
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倒数就倒数，还能有什么不一样？
dàoshǔ jiù dàoshǔ ，hái néng yǒu shénme bù yīyàng ？
A countdown is a countdown, what can be so different about it?
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今年我打算来个不一样的跨年倒数！
jīnnián wǒ dǎsuàn lái gè bù yīyàng de kuànián dàoshǔ ！
This year I want to do something different for the new year countdown!
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孩子玩手机游戏瘾非常大，空余时间几乎离不开手机，以前成绩能排在班级前十，前阵子都已经班级倒数第一。”
háizi wán shǒujī yóuxì yǐn fēicháng dà ，kòngyú shíjiān jīhū líbukāi shǒujī ，yǐqián chéngjì néng pái zài bānjí qián shí ，qiánzhènzǐ dōu yǐjīng bānjí dàoshǔ dìyī 。”
“My child is addicted to mobile games and is practically inseparable from his phone during his spare time. He used to be top ten in class but recently he is last in class”.
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倒数第二排。
dàoshǔ dì èr pái 。
Second to last row.
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倒数
dàoshǔ
countdown
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当然看到了，就在第一方阵，海陆空，三军仪仗队方阵，倒数三排都是女军人，还有白求恩医疗方阵也都是女军医们。
dāngrán kàndào le ，jiù zài dì yī fāngzhèn ，hǎilùkōng ，sānjūn yízhàngduì fāngzhèn ，dàoshǔ sān pái dōu shì nǚ jūnrén ，háiyǒu Báiqiúēn yīliáo fāngzhèn yě dōu shì nǚ jūnyī men 。
Of course I did, they were in the first formation, with the honor guard of the navy, the infantry and the air force, the third from last row was all female soldiers and the Norman Bethune Commemorative Medical Formation were also all female army doctors.
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倒数
dàoshǔ
countdown
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倒数第二页
dàoshǔ dì èr yè
second to last page
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但其实呢，小明考的是倒数第一名。
dàn qíshí ne ，Xiǎomíng kǎo de shì dàoshǔ dì yī míng 。
Actually however, Xiao Ming came in the first from the last in his class.
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