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颠倒黑白
diān dǎo hēi bái
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lit. to invert black and white (idiom); to distort the truth deliberately;
to misrepresent the facts;
to invert right and wrong
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颠倒是非
diān dǎo shì fēi
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to invert right and wrong
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不倒翁
bù dǎo wēng
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roly-poly toy;
tilting doll;
tumbler
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倒手
dǎo shǒu
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to shift from one hand to the other;
to change hands (of merchandise)
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倒置
dào zhì
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to invert
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倒腾
dǎo teng
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to move;
to shift;
to exchange;
to buy and sell;
peddling
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倒像
dào xiàng
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inverted image;
reversed image (e.g. upside down)
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倒刺
dào cì
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barb;
barbed tip (e.g. of fishhook)
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倒叙
dào xù
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to flash back;
flashback (in a novel, movie etc)
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倒灌
dào guàn
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to flow backwards (of water, because of flood, tide, wind etc);
reverse flow;
to back up (sewage)
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三班倒
sān bān dǎo
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three-shift system (work rostering)
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倒悬
dào xuán
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lit. to hang upside down;
fig. in dire straits
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倒映
dào yìng
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to reflect (producing an inverted image)
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倒行逆施
dào xíng nì shī
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to go against the tide (idiom); to do things all wrong;
to try to turn back history;
a perverse way of doing things
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排山倒海
pái shān dǎo hǎi
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lit. to topple the mountains and overturn the seas (idiom); earth-shattering;
fig. gigantic;
of spectacular significance
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栽倒
zāi dǎo
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to take a fall
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颠来倒去
diān lái dǎo qù
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to harp on;
over and over;
merely ring changes on a few terms
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倒爷
dǎo yé
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(coll.) a profiteer;
(business) wheeler-dealer
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倒班
dǎo bān
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to change shifts;
to work in turns
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倒装
dào zhuāng
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inversion (rhetoric device of inverting the word order for heightened effect);
anastrophe
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倒买倒卖
dǎo mǎi dǎo mài
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to buy and sell at a profit;
to speculate
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倒运
dǎo yùn
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to have bad luck
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官倒
guān dǎo
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speculation by officials;
profiteering by government employees;
bureaucratic turpitude
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开倒车
kāi dào chē
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to drive in reverse;
fig. to take a backward step;
retrogressive;
trying to turn the clock back
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随风倒
suí fēng dǎo
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to bend with the wind
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