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to turn upside down · to reverse · back to front · confused · deranged · crazy

颠倒
diān dǎo
d+iān·1st toned+ǎo·3rd tone
WordHSK 7-9
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Examples1 available
She's completely crazy about him.
她被他迷得神魂颠倒。
Synonyms
Synonyms
to invert the importance of things (i.e. stress the unimportant and neglect the important) · lacking a sense of perspective · to put the cart before the horse轻重倒置qīng zhòng dào zhìto reverse cause and effect · to put the horse before the cart倒果为因dào guǒ wéi yīnlit. 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本末倒置běn mò dào zhìto neglect the root and pursue the tip (idiom) · to neglect fundamentals and concentrate on details舍本逐末shě běn zhú mòlit. to invert black and white (idiom); to distort the truth deliberately · to misrepresent the facts · to invert right and wrong颠倒黑白diān dǎo hēi bái(idiom) to distort right and wrong; to deliberately mislead颠倒是非diān dǎo shì fēi