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倒持泰阿

dào chí Tài ē

4-character word

What 倒持泰阿 means

1. (lit.) to present the handle of a sword to another (idiom)
2. (fig.) to relinquish power to another; to place oneself at another's mercy

The characters in 倒持泰阿

• 倒dǎoto fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally; to fail; to go bankrupt; to overthrow
• 持chíto hold; to grasp; to support
• 泰tàisafe; peaceful; most
• 阿āprefix used before monosyllabic names, kinship terms etc to indicate familiarity…

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• 倒持太阿variant of 倒持泰阿