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倒转

dào zhuàn

2-character word Traditional 倒轉

What 倒转 means

1. (of time, or a video clip etc) to run in reverse
2. Taiwan pr. dào zhuǎn

Other readings

倒转 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• dào zhuǎnto make an about-turn; to reverse one's direction, policy, sequence etc; to turn things on

The characters in 倒转

• 倒dǎoto fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally; to fail; to go bankrupt; to overthrow
• 转zhuǎnto turn; to change direction; to transfer

Example sentences

• 你右边袜子倒转穿了。
  Nǐ yòubian wàzi dàozhuǎn chuān le.
  You have your right sock on wrong side out.
• 他实在有点不能相信，堂堂一个大画家的杰作，居然会被上下倒转地挂在墙上。
  Tā shízài yǒudiǎn bù néng xiāngxìn, tángtáng yī gè dà huàjiā de jiézuò, jūrán huì bèi shàngxià dàozhuǎn de guà zài qiáng shàng.
  He was surprised to find the great artist's masterpiece hung on the wall upside down.
• “这些字母全都左右倒转了！”“才不是呢，这是俄文，俄文的字母就是这样写的。”
  “ zhèxiē zìmǔ quándōu zuǒyòu dàozhuǎn le!”“ cáibù shì ne, zhè shì éwén, éwén de zìmǔ jiùshì zhèyàng xiě de.”
  "Those letters are all the wrong way around!" "No, it's supposed to be like that, it's Russian."
• 「这些字母全都左右倒转了！」「才不是呢，这是俄文，俄文的字母就是这样写的。」
  "Those letters are all the wrong way around!" "No, it's supposed to be like that, it's Russian."
• 第十一页的地图看起来十分奇怪。可是，把它上下倒转来看的话，就会变回你所熟悉的地图了。
  Dì shíyī yè de dìtú kànqǐlai shífēn qíguài. kěshì, bǎ tā shàngxià dàozhuǎn láikàn dehuà, jiù huì biàn huí nǐ suǒ shúxī de dìtú le.
  The map on page 11 looks very strange. Turn it upside down. Then it becomes a familiar map to you.