"inverted" Chinese-English Dictionary

Chinese	Pinyin	Part of speech	Translation	Actions
倒	dào	v., adv.	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
颠顛	diān		top (of the head) / apex / to fall forwards / inverted / to jolt	syn
顚	diān		top (of the head) / apex / to fall forwards / inverted / to jolt / variant of 顛\|颠[dian1]

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
倒影	dào yǐng	inverted image / reversed image (e.g. upside down)
倒映	dào yìng	to reflect (producing an inverted image)	syn
倒像	dào xiàng	(optics) inverted image
倒序	dào xù	reverse order / inverted order
倒立像	dào lì xiàng	inverted image / reversed image (e.g. upside down)
倒装句倒裝句	dào zhuāng jù	(linguistics) inverted sentence
转化糖轉化糖	zhuǎn huà táng	inverted sugar
逆回音	nì huí yīn	inverted turn (ornament in music)
批逆鳞批逆鱗	pī nì lín	(idiom) Touching the dragon’s inverted scales symbolizes a minister speaking frankly and offending the ruler.
批逆龙鳞批逆龍鱗	pī nì lóng lín	(idiom) According to legend, a dragon has an inverted scale beneath its throat, and touching it makes the dragon furious.

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