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潦倒
liáo dǎo
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disappointed;
frustrated;
dejected
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帮倒忙
bāng dào máng
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to be more of a hindrance than a help
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病倒
bìng dǎo
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to fall ill;
to be stricken with an illness
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拉倒
lā dǎo
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to pull down;
(coll.) to let it go;
to drop it
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倒影
dào yǐng
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inverted image;
reversed image (e.g. upside down)
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倒立
dào lì
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a handstand;
to turn upside down;
to stand on one's head;
upside down
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倒卖
dǎo mài
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to resell at a profit;
to speculate
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反倒
fǎn dào
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but on the contrary;
but expectedly
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倒转
dào zhuǎn
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to make an about-turn;
to reverse one's direction, policy, sequence etc;
to turn things on their head
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难倒
nán dǎo
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to baffle;
to confound;
to stump
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拜倒
bài dǎo
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to prostrate oneself;
to fall on one's knees;
to grovel
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倒胃口
dǎo wèi kǒu
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to spoil one's appetite;
fig. to get fed up with sth
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倒戈
dǎo gē
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to change sides in a war;
turncoat
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撞倒
zhuàng dǎo
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to knock down;
to knock over;
to run over (sb)
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倒彩
dào cǎi
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adverse audience reaction: boos and jeers, hissing, catcalls or deliberate applause after a mistake
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倒台
dǎo tái
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to overthrow;
downfall;
to fall from power;
to go bankrupt
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跪倒
guì dǎo
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to kneel down;
to sink to one's knees;
to grovel
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翻箱倒柜
fān xiāng dǎo guì
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to overturn trunks and boxes;
to make a thorough search (idiom)
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驳倒
bó dǎo
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to refute;
to demolish (an argument, theory etc)
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一边倒
yī biān dǎo
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to have the advantage overwhelmingly on one side;
to support unconditionally
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翻江倒海
fān jiāng dǎo hǎi
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lit. overturning seas and rivers (idiom);
fig. overwhelming;
earth-shattering;
in a spectacular mess
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倒贴
dào tiē
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to lose money instead of being paid (i.e. sb should pay me, but is actually taking my money)
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东倒西歪
dōng dǎo xī wāi
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to lean unsteadily from side to side (idiom);
to sway;
(of buildings etc) to lean at a crazy angle
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倒挂
dào guà
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lit. to hang upside down;
fig. topsy-turvy and inequitable, e.g. manufacturing and trading costs exceed the sale price (of some goods);
to borrow more than one can ever repay
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本末倒置
běn mò dào zhì
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lit. to invert root and branch (idiom); fig. confusing cause and effect;
to stress the incidental over the fundamental;
to put the cart before the horse
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