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倒灌

dào guàn

2-character word

What 倒灌 means

1. to flow backwards (of water, because of flood, tide, wind etc)
2. reverse flow
3. to back up (sewage)

The characters in 倒灌

• 倒dǎoto fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally; to fail; to go bankrupt; to overthrow
• 灌guànto irrigate; to pour; to install (software)

Words containing 倒灌

• 海水倒灌hǎi shuǐ dào guànsaltwater intrusion

Sounds the same

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

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