倒果为因 (倒果為因)
dào guǒ wéi yīn
Pinyin
Definition
倒果为因 (倒果為因)
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- to reverse cause and effect
- to put the horse before the cart
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 old variant of 因[yīn]
- 1 because
- 2 owing to
- 3 on account of
- 1 if
- 2 in case
- 3 in the event that
Idioms (20)
互为因果
- 1 mutually related karma (idiom); fates are intertwined
- 2 interdependent
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)