倒立 dào lì a handstand / to turn upside down / to stand on one's head / upside down syn 倒 dào 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 syn 颠倒 顛倒 diān dǎo to turn upside down / to reverse / back to front / confused / deranged / crazy syn 反转 反轉 fǎn zhuǎn reversal / inversion / to reverse / to invert (upside down, inside out, back to front, white to black etc) syn 倒影 dào yǐng inverted image / reversed image (e.g. upside down) 倒挂 倒掛 dào guà 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 syn 翻天覆地 fān tiān fù dì sky and the earth turning upside down (idiom) / fig. complete confusion / everything turned on its head syn 天翻地覆 tiān fān dì fù sky and the earth turning upside down (idiom) / fig. complete confusion / everything turned on its head syn 翻过来 翻過來 fān guò lái to overturn / to turn upside down 倒着 倒著 dào zhe backwards / in reverse / upside down 乱套 亂套 luàn tào in a mess / upside down syn 翻覆 fān fù to overturn (a vehicle) / to capsize / to turn upside down / to change completely 反 fǎn 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[fan3 qie4] phonetic system syn 倒悬 倒懸 dào xuán lit. to hang upside down / fig. in dire straits 折 zhē to turn sth over / to turn upside down / to tip sth out (of a container) syn 倒悬之急 倒懸之急 dào xuán zhī jí lit. the crisis of being hanged upside down (idiom) / fig. extremely critical situation / dire straits 倒悬之苦 倒懸之苦 dào xuán zhī kǔ lit. the pain of being hanged upside down (idiom) / fig. extremely critical situation / dire straits 神魂颠倒 神魂顛倒 shén hún diān dǎo lit. spirit and soul upside down (idiom) / infatuated and head over heels in love / fascinated / captivated syn 章甫荐履 章甫薦履 zhāng fǔ jiàn lǚ court crown beneath straw shoe (idiom) / everything turned upside down 解民倒悬 解民倒懸 jiě mín dào xuán lit. to rescue the people from hanging upside down (idiom, from Mencius) / to save the people from dire straits 倒悬之危 倒懸之危 dào xuán zhī wēi lit. the crisis of being hanged upside down (idiom) / fig. extremely critical situation / dire straits 倒放 dào fàng to place upside down / to play (a video) backwards 倒立像 dào lì xiàng inverted image / reversed image (e.g. upside down) 底朝天 dǐ cháo tiān upside down / upturned 笔录 筆錄 bǐ lù to put down in writing / to take down notes / transcript / record syn 压住 壓住 yā zhù to press down / to crush down / to restrain (anger) / to keep down (voice) 垂 chuí to hang (down) / droop / dangle / bend down / hand down / bequeath / nearly / almost / to approach syn 文字 wén zì character / script / writing / written language / writing style / phraseology / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 写法 寫法 xiě fǎ style of writing (literary style) / way of writing a character / spelling 应用文 應用文 yìng yòng wén applied writing / writing for practical purposes (business letters, advertising etc) syn 硬笔 硬筆 yìng bǐ generic term for hard writing instruments such as quill pens, fountain pens, ball pens and pencils, as opposed to writing brushes 润色 潤色 rùn sè to polish (a piece of writing) / to add a few finishing touches to (a piece of writing, painting etc) syn 笔锋 筆鋒 bǐ fēng the tip of a writing brush / vigor of style in writing / stroke / touch 翰 hàn writing brush / writing / pen syn 屠毒笔墨 屠毒筆墨 tú dú bǐ mò poisonous writing / disparaging writing / calumny 扶乩 fú jī planchette writing / to do planchette writing 绮语 綺語 qǐ yǔ flowery writing / writing concerning love and sex 辍笔 輟筆 chuò bǐ to stop writing or painting / to leave off writing midway 毛锥 毛錐 máo zhuī writing brush (old) / Castanopsis fordii, a species of evergreen tree common in the south of China whose calybia (nuts) resemble the tip of a writing brush 上升空间 上升空間 shàng shēng kōng jiān upside / potential to rise 笔记 筆記 bǐ jì to take down (in writing) / notes / a type of literature consisting mainly of short sketches / CL:本[ben3] syn 下行 xià xíng (of trains) down (i.e. away from the capital) / (of river boats) to travel downstream / to issue (a document) to lower bureaucratic levels / (of writing on the page) vertical, proceeding from top to bottom syn 累赘 纍贅 léi zhuì superfluous / cumbersome / a burden on sb / a nuisance to sb / to inconvenience / to tie sb down / long-winded (of writing) / also pr. [lei2 zhui5] syn 著录 著錄 zhù lù to record / to put down in writing syn 搁笔 擱筆 gē bǐ to put down the brush / to stop writing (or painting) 下来 下來 xià lai to come down / (completed action marker) / (after verb of motion, indicates motion down and towards us, also fig.) / (indicates continuation from the past towards us) / to be harvested (of crops) / to be over (of a period of time) / to go among the masses (said of leaders) syn 放下 fàng xià to lay down / to put down / to let go of / to relinquish / to set aside / to lower (the blinds etc) syn 打倒 dǎ dǎo to overthrow / to knock down / Down with ... ! syn 倒数 倒數 dào shǔ to count backwards (from 10 down to 0) / to count down / from the bottom (lines on a page) / from the back (rows of seats) 淡化 dàn huà to water down / to play down / to trivialize / to weaken / to become dull with time / to desalinate / desalination syn 抛下 拋下 pāo xià to throw down / to dump / to abandon / thrown down 击倒 擊倒 jī dǎo to knock down / knocked down syn 俯冲 俯衝 fǔ chōng to dive down fast / to swoop down 下 xià down / downwards / below / lower / later / next (week etc) / second (of two parts) / to decline / to go down / to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc) / measure word to show the frequency of an action syn 落井下石 luò jǐng xià shí to throw stones at sb who has fallen down a well (idiom) / to hit a person when he's down syn 撂倒 liào dǎo to knock down / to mow down 牵累 牽累 qiān lèi to weigh down / tied down (by affairs) syn 牵累 牽累 qiān lěi to weigh down / to trouble / to implicate (sb) / tied down (by affairs) syn 奔泻 奔瀉 bēn xiè (of torrents) to rush down / to pour down syn 撂 liào to put down / to leave behind / to throw or knock down / to abandon or discard syn 投井下石 tóu jǐng xià shí to throw stones at sb who has fallen down a well (idiom) / to hit a person when he's down syn 崩倒 bēng dǎo to collapse / to crash down / to fall down in a heap 掺水 摻水 chān shuǐ to dilute / to water down / watered down 打千 dǎ qiān genuflection, a form of salutation in Qing times performed by men, going down on the right knee and reaching down with the right hand 披垂 pī chuí (of clothes, hair etc) to hang down and cover / to flow down 下视 下視 xià shì to look down from above / (fig.) to look down on / to despise 放倒 fàng dǎo to knock over / to knock down / to lay flat / to fell / to bring down 拖垮 tuō kuǎ to drag down / to bring down 写作 寫作 xiě zuò to write / to compose / writing / written works syn 稿件 gǎo jiàn piece of writing submitted for publication / manuscript / article syn 抬头 抬頭 tái tóu to raise one's head / to gain ground / account name, or space for writing the name on checks, bills etc syn 书面 書面 shū miàn in writing / written syn 投稿 tóu gǎo to submit articles for publication / to contribute (writing) 流畅 流暢 liú chàng flowing (of speech, writing) / fluent / smooth and easy syn 拼音 pīn yīn phonetic writing / pinyin (Chinese romanization) 严谨 嚴謹 yán jǐn rigorous / strict / careful / (of writing) well organized / meticulous syn 文体 文體 wén tǐ genre of writing / literary form / style / literary recreation and sporting activities 写成 寫成 xiě chéng to compile / to form through writing 读写 讀寫 dú xiě reading and writing 留空 liú kōng leave blank spaces in writing 脱落 脫落 tuō luò to drop off / to fall off / (of hair, teeth etc) to fall out / to omit (a character when writing) 复古 復古 fù gǔ to return to old ways (a Confucian aspiration) / to turn back the clock / neoclassical school during Tang and Song associated with classical writing 古文 / retro (fashion style based on nostalgia, esp. for 1960s) syn 写完 寫完 xiě wán to finish writing 文笔 文筆 wén bǐ writings / writing style syn 力作 lì zuò to put effort into (work, farming, writing etc) / a masterpiece syn 通畅 通暢 tōng chàng unobstructed / clear / (of writing or thinking) coherent / fluent syn 译者 譯者 yì zhě translator (of writing) syn 佳作 jiā zuò masterpiece / fine piece of writing syn 篇幅 piān fu length (of a piece of writing) / space occupied on a printed page syn 文学作品 文學作品 wén xué zuò pǐn literature / writing / CL:部[bu4] 致辞 致辭 zhì cí to express in words or writing / to make a speech (esp. short introduction, vote of thanks, afterword, funeral homily etc) / to address (an audience) / same as 致詞|致词 syn 板书 板書 bǎn shū to write on the blackboard / writing on the blackboard 所幸 suǒ xìng fortunately (formal writing) 天书 天書 tiān shū imperial edict / heavenly book (superstition) / obscure or illegible writing / double dutch 抨击 抨擊 pēng jī to attack (verbally or in writing) syn 明文 míng wén to state in writing (laws, rules etc) syn 龙虎 龍虎 lóng hǔ outstanding people / water and fire (in Daoist writing) 眉目 méi mù general facial appearance / features / arrangement / sequence of ideas / logic (of writing) / rough sketch or general idea of things syn 笔墨 筆墨 bǐ mò pen and ink / words / writing syn 