dào​chā

to insert upside down

  • created sense approved 倒插 · dào​chā · to insert upside down — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

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    dào​chā

    to insert upside down

    to insert something or plant a tree upside down

    倒 (literal) → 倒 · dào · inverted 插 (literal) → 插 · chā · to insert

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  • created sense approved 倒插 · dào​chā · reversal of order — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

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    dào​chā

    reversal of order

    the reversal of the normal order of sentences or literary elements; a technique in writing where information that would normally appear first is inserted later for effect

    倒 (literal) → 倒 · dào · inverted 插 (literal) → 插 · chā · to interpose

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

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