太阿倒持 tài'ēdàochí to surrender power to others Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 太阿 tài'ē Tai'e (bound form) name of a legendary sword from the state of Wu, mentioned in ancient texts as being extremely sharp倒 dào verbnoun inverted upside down; reversed; in reverse order持 chí verbadjective to hold to hold; to grasp; to take in hand