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倒叙

dào xù

2-character word Traditional 倒敘

What 倒叙 means

1. to start a narrative at the end (or midway), then proceed chronologically from the beginning
2. to flash back
3. flashback (in a novel, movie etc)

The characters in 倒叙

• 倒dǎoto fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally; to fail; to go bankrupt; to overthrow
• 叙xùto narrate; to chat

Sounds the same

Read dào xù, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 倒序reverse order; inverted order