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 | 倒 | | dăo | 动 | | | 1 fall; topple: | | | 摔倒 fall over | | | 风把树刮倒了。 The gale uprooted the tree. | | | 他把对手击倒了。 He felled his opponent. | | | 我倒在床上就睡着了。 I threw myself down on the bed and fell asleep immediately. |
| 2 collapse; fail; overthrow: | | | 内阁倒了。 The cabinet collapsed. |
| 3 close down; go bankrupt; go out of business: | | | 这家公司倒了。 The company went bankrupt. |
| 4 (of voice) become hoarse: | | | 他的嗓子倒了。 He has lost his voice. |
| 5 change; exchange: | | | 倒肩 shift a burden from one shoulder to the other | | | 请你们两位把座位倒一下。 Will you two please swop (or change) seats? |
| 6 move around: | | | 地方太小，倒不开身。 There is no room to move around. |
| 7 speculate: | | | 倒票 speculate on tickets (of performance, sports game, ect. )  dào |
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| 倒 | | dào | 动形副 | | | 1 move backwards; turn upside down: | | | 火车倒回去了。 The train backed up. |
| 2 pour; tip: | | | 倒垃圾 tip (or dump) rubbish | | | 倒一杯茶 pour a cup of tea | | | 他把一肚子冤屈都倒了出来。 He poured out all his grievances. |
| II 形 upside down; inverted; inverse; reverse: | | | 倒金字塔 inverted pyramid | | | 次序倒了。 The order is reversed. | | | 小孩把画挂倒了。 The child hung the picture upside down. |
| 1 [indicating sth. unexpected]: | | | 本想省事，没想倒费事了。 We wanted to save ourselves some trouble but actually we gave ourselves more. | | | 你还有什么要说的，我倒要听听。 I'd like to hear what else you've got to say. |
| 2 [indicating contrast]: | | | 说得倒轻巧，做起来可不容易。 That's easier said than done. |
| 3 [indicating concession]: | | | 我跟他认识倒认识，就是不太熟。 Yes, I know him, but not very well. |
| 4 [pressing sb. for an answer]: | | | 你倒去不去呀！ Do you want to go or don't you? | | | 你倒是说话呀！ Can't you say something? dăo |
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