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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

颠倒 [diāndǎo]
  1. 1. verb
    这张照片上下颠倒了。
    The photo is upside down.
    请把拖把颠倒过来放。
    Please could you put the mop the other way up.

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

颠倒 [diāndǎo]
  1. 1. put (or turn) upside down; transpose; reverse; invert
    这一头朝上,别放颠倒了。
    This is the top; don't put it upside down.
    把这两个字颠倒过来句子就顺了。
    Transpose these two words and the sentence will read right.
    颠倒了这两句话的顺序。
    你不要颠倒是非。
  2. 2. confused; disordered

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

颠倒 [diāndǎo]
  1. 1. 把原来的方向、位置或次序反过来
    上下联贴颠倒
  2. 2. 错乱
    颠倒黑白

Examples

颠倒错乱
topsy-turvy 错乱
这一头朝上,别放颠倒了。
This is the top; don't put it upside down. 颠倒
把这两个字颠倒过来句子就顺了。
Transpose these two words and the sentence will read right. 颠倒
颠倒是非混淆黑白
confound right and wrong and turn things upside down 混淆黑白
前后次序不要颠倒
Don't get the order mixed up. 前后
他叫那个女人给弄得神魂颠倒了。
He lost his head over that woman. 神魂颠倒
他想一手遮天,颠倒是非,这只能是徒劳的。
He was merely wasting his time trying to hoodwink the people of the whole world and confound right with wrong. 一手遮天
连日来紧张的工作颠倒了她的作息时间,扰乱了她的睡眠。 扰乱
她的身材足以令天下所有的男人神魂颠倒 神魂颠倒
颠倒了这两句话的顺序。 颠倒

Collocations

颠倒
upside-down
颠倒过来
reverse
本末颠倒
the root and branch reversed
顺序颠倒
disorder
神魂颠倒
to be infatuated
黑白颠倒
confusing black with white; stand the facts on their heads
颠倒是非
leading others to be confused about right and wrong

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