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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *倒* | 倒* | *倒
to invert; to place upside down or frontside back / to pour out / to tip out; to dump / inverted; upside down; reversed / to go backward / contrary to what one might expect; but; yet
HSK 2
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *反* | 反* | *反
contrary / in reverse / inside out or upside down / to reverse / to return / to oppose / opposite / against / anti- / to rebel / to use analogy / instead / abbr. for 反切 phonetic system
HSK 4
upside down / upturned
a handstand / to turn upside down / to stand on one's head / upside down
sky and the earth turning upside down (idiom); fig. complete confusion / everything turned on its head
HSK 7-9
in a mess / upside down
sky and the earth turning upside down (idiom); fig. complete confusion / everything turned on its head
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
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *折* | 折* | *折
to turn sth over / to turn upside down / to tip sth out (of a container)
lit. spirit and soul upside down (idiom); infatuated and head over heels in love / fascinated / captivated
mirror writing / upside down writing
inverted image / reversed image (e.g. upside down)
to place upside down / to play (a video) backwards
lit. the crisis of being hanged upside down (idiom); fig. extremely critical situation / dire straits
lit. the pain of being hanged upside down (idiom); fig. extremely critical situation / dire straits
backwards; in reverse; upside down
to overturn / to turn upside down
lit. the crisis of being hanged upside down (idiom); fig. extremely critical situation / dire straits
lit. to hang upside down / fig. in dire straits
reversal / inversion / to reverse / to invert (upside down, inside out, back to front, white to black etc)
lit. to rescue the people from hanging upside down (idiom, from Mencius); to save the people from dire straits
to turn upside down / to reverse / back to front / confused / deranged / crazy
HSK 7-9
court crown beneath straw shoe (idiom); everything turned upside down
inverted image / reversed image (e.g. upside down)
to overturn (a vehicle); to capsize; to turn upside down / to change completely


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