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推倒

tuī dǎo

2-character word

What 推倒 means

1. to push over
2. to overthrow

The characters in 推倒

• 推tuīto push; to cut; to refuse
• 倒dǎoto fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally; to fail; to go bankrupt; to overthrow

Example sentences

• 他犯规了，因为他推倒了对方。
  Tā fànguī le, yīnwèi tā tuīdǎo le duìfāng.
  He fouled because he pushed over the other player.

Sounds the same

Read tuī dǎo, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 推导derivation; to deduce

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