倒

qǐng wù dào zhì

请勿倒置。

Please do not place upside down.

cì xù dào le

次序倒了。

The order is reversed.

nǐ kě yǐ bǎ cì xù dào guò lai

你可以把次序倒过来。

You can reverse the order.

dào zhe bǎi

倒着摆

set upside down

bǎ xīn lǐ huà dào chū lái ba

把心里话倒出来吧。

Pour out your heart.

bǎ lú huī dào jìn lā jī xiāng

把炉灰倒进垃圾箱。

Tip cinders into a dustbin.

bǎ niú nǎi cóng píng zi li dào dào bō li bēi li

把牛奶从瓶子里倒到玻璃杯里。

Pour milk out of the bottle into the glass.

bǎ miàn fěn dào jìn dài zi li

把面粉倒进袋子里

tip flour into a bag

dào suàn

倒算

counter-attack to settle old scores

dào zhǎo qián

倒找钱

pay instead of receiving money

xiǎo hái zi bǎ huà guà dào le

小孩子把画挂倒了。

The children hung the picture upside down.

zhè xiē guǎng gào huà tiē dào le

这些广告画贴倒了。

The poster was upside down.

zhè liàng huǒ chē dào huí qù le

这辆火车倒回去了。

The train backed up.

dào chē

倒车

back a car

dào tuì

倒退

go backwards

bǎ shí zhōng dào bō huí lai

把时钟倒拨回来

turn the clock back

wǒ běn xiǎng jié shěng bù liào dào duō huā le qián

我本想节省，不料倒多花了钱。

I had meant to save money, but I ended up spending even more.

nín wàng le wǒ dào hái jì de ne

您忘了，我倒还记得呢。

You may have forgotten, but I still remember.

wǒ dào lìng yǒu yī gè zhǔ yi

我倒另有一个主意。

Actually, I have an idea.

bìng rén qíng kuàng bù dàn méi yǒu hǎo zhuǎn fǎn dào è huà le

病人情况不但没有好转，反倒恶化了。

The patient was no better but rather grew worse.

xiǎng de dào tǐng měi gēn běn méi yǒu nà huí shì

想得倒挺美，根本没有那回事。

Nothing of the sort, and that's just your wishful thinking.

nǐ shuō de dào tǐng róng yì kě shì shì qing méi yǒu nà me hǎo bàn

你说得倒挺容易，可是事情没有那么好办。

You make it sound easy, but it's not such a simple matter.

zhè zhāng zhuō zi dào hěn hǎo kàn bù guò xiǎo le diǎn

这张桌子倒很好看，不过小了点。

This desk looks fine, but it is a little smaller.

dōng xi dào bù huài kě jià qián yě gòu qiáo de

东西倒不坏，可价钱也够瞧的。

The item is indeed quite good, but that doesn't mean the price isn't shocking.

lěng yī diǎn dào yě méi shén me zhǐ shì bù yào yǒu fēng

冷一点倒也没什么，只是不要有风。

It's fine if it's a bit cold, just as long as there's no wind.

nà běn shū hǎo dào shì hǎo kě jiù shì tài guì

那本书好倒是好， 可就是太贵。

That book is good all right, but it's too expensive.

nà dào yě bù zhì yú

那倒也不至于。

That might not happen.

nǐ dào kuài zǒu a

你倒快走啊！

Can't you be quicker?

nǐ dào xiǎng gè zhǔ yi ya

你倒想个主意呀！

You think of a better idea then!