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
trad. 倒掛
Also written 倒掛【dào guà】
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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
- Pinyin
- dǎo
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 578 of 2500
挂
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to hang; to suspend (from a hook etc), to hang up (the phone), (of a line) to be dead, to be worried; to be concerned, (dialect) to make a phone call, to register (at a hospital); to make an appointment (with a doctor), (slang) to kill; to die; to be finished; to fail (an exam), classifier for sets or clusters of objects
- Pinyin
- guà
- Traditional
- 掛
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 1287 of 2500