to fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally; to fail; to go bankrupt; to overthrow; to change (trains or buses); to move around; to resell at a profit

to have bad luck; to be out of luck

to collapse; to topple over

to count backwards (from 10 down to 0); to count down; from the bottom (lines on a page); from the back (rows of seats)

inverse number; reciprocal (math.)

to count down; countdown

to go bankrupt; to close down

to collapse (of building); to topple over

to fall to the ground

to fall back; to go in reverse

to change buses, trains etc

to reverse (a vehicle); to drive backwards

variant of 倒霉[dao3 mei2]

inverted image; reversed image (e.g. upside down)

(optics) inverted image

to make an about-turn; to reverse one's direction, policy, sequence etc; to turn things on their head

(of time, or a video clip etc) to run in reverse; Taiwan pr. [dao4zhuan3]

to flow backwards; reverse flow

a handstand; to turn upside down; to stand on one's head; upside down

lit. to hang upside down; fig. topsy-turvy and inequitable, e.g. manufacturing and trading costs exceed the sale price (of some goods); to borrow more than one can ever repay

to resell at a profit; to speculate

to spoil one's appetite; fig. to get fed up with sth

to transfer grain from a store (e.g. to sun it); voice breaking (of male opera singer in puberty)

(of cereal crops) to collapse and lie flat

to shift holidays, taking a weekday off

inversion

mirror writing; upside down writing

barb; barbed tip (e.g. of fishhook)

to lie down; to drop dead

instead; on the contrary; contrary (to expectations)

to start a narrative at the end (or midway), then proceed chronologically from the beginning; to flash back; flashback (in a novel, movie etc)

to fall from power; to collapse; downfall

(of a singer) to lose one's voice; (male opera singer's) voice change (at puberty)

to ruminate (of cows)

(of cows) to ruminate

to collapse (of building)

to lie down; to die

variant of 倒賬|倒账[dao3 zhang4]

rewind (media player)

reverse order; inverted order

to reverse a vehicle; to drive backwards

to move (things around); to buy and sell at a profit (derog.)

adverse audience reaction: boos and jeers, hissing, catcalls or deliberate applause after a mistake

lit. to hang upside down; fig. in dire straits

to change sides in a war; turncoat

Taiwan political movement aimed at forcing the resignation of President Chen Shui-bian 陳水扁|陈水扁[Chen2 Shui3 bian3] in 2006 over corruption allegations

to shift from one hand to the other; to change hands (of merchandise)

to play the market; to speculate (on financial markets); to profiteer

to take turns; to rotate (responsibility)