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倒反天纲

dào fǎn tiān gāng

4-character word Traditional 倒反天綱

What 倒反天纲 means

1. to violate the natural order; to defy social norms

The characters in 倒反天纲

• 倒dǎoto fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally; to fail; to go bankrupt; to overthrow
• 反fǎncontrary; in reverse; inside out or upside down
• 天tiānday; sky; heaven
• 纲gānghead rope of a fishing net; guiding principle; key link

Sounds the same

Read dào fǎn tiān gāng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 倒反天罡variant of 倒反天纲