ReadWriteQuiz

Chinese dictionary
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  • 1

    v.turn upside down; confound; transpose

    • tā shì tú diān dǎo dí wǒ guān xi

      试图颠倒敌我关系

      He tries to reverse relations with the enemy.

    • tā bǎ huà shuō diān dǎo le

      颠倒

      She reversed the order of her words.

    • bù yào diān dǎo shùn xù

      颠倒顺序

      Don't change order.

  • 2

    v.be confused; be mentally deranged/disordered

    • wǒ shén hún diān dǎo

      颠倒

      I am mentally deranged.

    • bù yào diān dǎo shì fēi

      颠倒是非

      Don't confound right and wrong.

    • tā diān dǎo hēi bái zào yáo shēng shì

      颠倒黑白造谣生事

      He confounds black with white and stir up trouble by spreading rumours.

Word usage

  • "颠倒" can be reduplicated, for example: "颠颠倒倒 ".
    • 总是一些事情

      He always makes terrible blunders.