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倒影

dào yǐng

2-character word

What 倒影 means

1. inverted image
2. reversed image (e.g. upside down)

The characters in 倒影

• 倒dǎoto fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally; to fail; to go bankrupt; to overthrow
• 影yǐngpicture; image; film

Example sentences

• 水洼里可以看见倒影。
  Reflections could be seen in the puddles.
• 我的猫儿一脸迷惘地盯着自己在水中的倒影。
  Wǒ de māo'ér yī liǎn míwǎng de dīng zhe zìjǐ zài shuǐ zhōng de dàoyǐng.
  My cat peers bemusedly at her reflection in the water.
• 苍蝇在镜子上游走，并不在乎脚尖栖息和奔跑映出的倒影；相反，它在光滑的表面上看到许多令它感兴趣的小东西，而我们却把这些东西当成是灰尘和污垢。
  The fly running on the mirror doesn't worry about its reflection on the points of its legs from which it sits and runs; but on the contrary, it sees on the smooth surface a quantity of very small things which interest it and which we confuse with dust and grime.