dào​zhǎo

to pay someone instead of receiving money

  • created sense approved 倒找 · dào​zhǎo · to pay someone instead of receiving money — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

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    dào​zhǎo

    to pay someone instead of receiving money

    To pay money to somebody when you should have been the one receiving payment; often used to describe something so undesirable that you wouldn't take it even if paid

    倒 (literal) → 倒 · dào · inverted 找 (literal) → 找 · zhǎo · to give change

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