颠倒 : to turn upside ... : diān dǎo | Definition | Mandarin Chinese Pinyin English Dictionary

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颠倒 Trad. 顛倒

diān dǎo
to turn upside down to reverse back to front confused deranged crazy

Example Usage
神魂颠倒 Trad. 神魂顛倒

shén hún diān dǎo
lit. spirit and soul upside down (idiom); infatuated and head over heels in love fascinated captivated

Example Usage
颠倒黑白 Trad. 顛倒黑白

diān dǎo hēi bái
lit. to invert black and white (idiom); to distort the truth deliberately to misrepresent the facts to invert right and wrong
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颠倒是非 Trad. 顛倒是非

diān dǎo shì fēi
to invert right and wrong
颠倒过来 Trad. 顛倒過來

diān dǎo guò lái
to invert