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倒置

dào zhì

2-character word

What 倒置 means

1. to invert

The characters in 倒置

• 倒dǎoto fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally; to fail; to go bankrupt; to overthrow
• 置zhìto install; to place; to put

Example sentences

• 不要把本末倒置。
  Bù yào bǎ běnmòdàozhì.
  Don't put the cart before the horse.

Words containing 倒置

• 本末倒置běn mò dào zhìlit. to invert root and branch (idiom); fig. confusing cause and effect…
• 轻重倒置qīng zhòng dào zhìto invert the importance of things…