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官倒
guān dǎo
Pinyin
Definition
官倒
-
guān dǎo
speculation by officials
profiteering by government employees
bureaucratic turpitude
Character Decomposition
官
宀
㠯
倒
亻
至
刂
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
倒霉
dǎo méi
1
to have bad luck
2
to be out of luck
官方
guān fāng
1
government
2
official (approved or issued by an authority)
翻箱倒柜
fān xiāng dǎo guì
1
to overturn trunks and boxes
2
to make a thorough search (idiom)
一边倒
yī biān dǎo
1
to have the advantage overwhelmingly on one side
2
to support unconditionally
五官
wǔ guān
1
five sense organs of TCM (nose, eyes, lips, tongue, ears 鼻目口舌耳)
2
facial features
倒下
dǎo xià
1
to collapse
2
to topple over
倒地
dǎo dì
1
to fall to the ground
倒塌
dǎo tā
1
to collapse (of building)
2
to topple over
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)
倒映
dào yìng
1
to reflect (producing an inverted image)
倒流
dào liú
1
to flow backwards
2
reverse flow
倒立
dào lì
1
a handstand
2
to turn upside down
3
to stand on one's head
4
upside down
倒计时
dào jì shí
1
to count down
2
countdown
倒贴
dào tiē
1
to lose money instead of being paid (i.e. sb should pay me, but is actually taking my money)
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
倒头
dǎo tóu
1
to lie down
2
to die
Idioms
(20)
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)
加官进爵
jiā guān jìn jué
1
promotion to the nobility (idiom)
加官进禄
jiā guān jìn lù
1
promotion in official post and salary raise (idiom)
升官发财
shēng guān fā cái
1
to be promoted and gain wealth (idiom)
奸官污吏
jiān guān wū lì
1
traitor minister and corrupt official (idiom); abuse and corruption
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
官报私仇
guān bào sī chóu
1
to take advantage of official post for personal revenge (idiom)
官官相护
guān guān xiāng hù
1
officials shield one another (idiom); a cover-up
官私合营
guān sī hé yíng
1
public and private interests working together (idiom)
官逼民反
guān bī mín fǎn
1
a government official drives the people to revolt (idiom); a minister provokes a rebellion by exploiting the people
官运亨通
guān yùn hēng tōng
1
(of a political career) everything is going smoothly (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
新官上任三把火
xīn guān shàng rèn sān bǎ huǒ
1
(of a newly appointed official) to make bold changes on assuming office (idiom)
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