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(in sense of “fall down,” “tumble down”), *ㄉㄠˋ [dao4] (in sense of “reverse”).
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倒鳳顛鸞 or 顛鸞倒鳳 have sexual intercourse.
(2) Take turns: 倒班兒 take turns;
倒不開 cannot meet the turnover in business.
(3) Go bankrupt: 銀行倒了 the bank is bankrupt.
(*[dao4]) Pour out: 倒茶，倒水 pour tea, water;
倒拉圾 pour out garbage;
倒過來 put in reverse.
跌倒，摔倒，栽倒 fall down;
辯倒 defeat by argument;
塌倒，坍倒 or 倒塌，倒坍 tumble down.
倒流 flow back;
倒轉 turn in reverse;
倒敘 narrate from the end;
倒置，倒裝 set upside down, set up wrong;
倒懸 hang upside down;
倒背著手 hands on the back;
倒賠，倒欠 be in deficit;
太阿倒持 allow one’s powers to fall into another's hands;
倒戈 [dao3ge1]↓;
倒行逆施 (of government) exercise tyrannical rule;
倒抽一口氣 gasp inwards in surprise;
倒繃孩兒 “tie baby the wrong way,” make mistakes in common things or when one assumes too much;
倒打鑼兒 orig. a woman's haircoil, “reversed gong,” (fig.) everything upside down;
倒打一耙 blame on others while oneself is at fault.
(*[dao4]) Nevertheless, after all (＝到底): 他倒底說得不錯 what he said wasn't wrong after all;
這倒不要緊 after all, this is not so important;
on the contrary (＝反而): 倒把事情弄僵了 on the contrary, contrary to what you think, the matter has been made worse;
這樣倒好辦 (＝反而好辦) as it is, the matter is so much simpler;
倒不如 rather: 倒不如死了乾淨 I'd rather die, it would seem better to die;
but: 你說是他，倒不是他 you think it is he, but it isn't;
倒是他太太拿錢出來 (he refused) but it was his wife who put up the money.
2.倒包 [dao3bao1], v.i., substitute one thing for another; give away gift received to s.o. else.
3.倒扁兒 [dao2biaaer0], v.i., (coll.) run around to get cash or goods.
4.倒閉 [dao3bi4], v.i., go bankrupt.
5.倒插 *[dao4cha1], n., a literary technique of beginning at the middle of the story or mentioning s.t. to be expanded later.
6.倒欠 *[dao4qian4], v.i., to owe instead of gaining.
7.倒蛋 [dao3dan4], v.i., make trouble, create mischief (also wr. 搗蛋).
8.倒斷 [dao3duan4], v.i., as in 無倒斷 (MC) without stop.
9.倒戈 *[dao4ge1], v.i. & n., mutiny; (of warlords) change sides (Peking coll. pr. [dao3ge2]).
10.倒掛 *[dao4gua4], n., (1) (zoo.) a kind of parakeet; n., (2) v.i., hang upside down.
11.倒好（兒） *[dao4hao3]([er0]), v.i., to hiss at performance (reverse applause).
12.倒換 [dao3huan4], v.i. & t., replace.
13.倒價 [dao3jia4], n., selling-out price.
14.倒嚼 [dao3jiao4], v.i., chew the cud.
15.倒流刺 *[dao4liu2ci4], n., hangnail.
16.倒楣 [dao3mei2], adj., unlucky, run into bad luck.
17.倒嗓 [dao2sang3], adj., having hoarse voice (of opera singers).
18.倒屣 *[dao4xi3], v.i., in 倒屣相迎 hearty welcome (not waiting to put on slippers properly).
19.倒數 *[dao4shu4], n., (math.) reciprocal.
20.倒懸 *[dao4xUan2], v.i., be hanged upside down; extreme oppression under tyranny.
21.倒許 *[dao4xU3], adv., perhaps (＝也許).
22.倒踏門 [dao4ta4men2], v.i., (of bridegroom) adopts wife's family name.
23.倒騰 [dao3teng0], v.i., turn upside down (also wr.搗騰).
24.倒貼（兒） *[dao4tie1] (*[dao3tie1er0]), v.i. & t., lose in bargain (like selling below cost); (sl.) (of a woman) pay her paramour instead of being paid.
25.倒替 [dao3ti4], v.i., substitute, replace.
26.倒頭 [dao3tou2], v.i., (1) lay down one's head to sleep; (2) die: 他剛一倒頭 the moment he dies; 倒頭飯，倒頭咒，倒頭紙 meal given, prayer said, paper money burned at death.
27.倒彩 *[dao4cai3], n., as in 喝倒彩 to hiss a speaker or actor.
28.倒倉 [dao3cang1], n., see [dao2sang3]↑.
29.倒曹 [dao3cao2], v.i., (coll.) “lose face.”
30.倒栽蔥 *[dao4zai1cong1], v.i., fall head down first.
31.倒
[dao3zao4], adj., see [dao3mei2]↑. 32.倒字（兒） [dao3zi4] ([dao3ze4er0]), to mispronounce (in Peking opera).
33.倒影 *[dao4ying3], n., inverted image or reflection in water.
34.倒運 [dao3yUn4], n., bad luck; (*[dao4]) reverse.