倒栽蔥
dào​zāi​cōng

headfirst fall

  • created sense approved 倒栽葱/倒栽蔥 · dào​zāi​cōng · headfirst fall — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    倒栽葱 / 倒栽蔥

    dào​zāi​cōng

    headfirst fall

    to fall headfirst with feet in the air; a headlong fall or the posture of such a fall

    倒 (literal) → 倒 · dào · inverted 栽 (literal) → 栽 · zāi · to fall 葱 (literal) → 葱/蔥 · cōng · scallion

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

    created sense

  • created sense approved 倒栽葱/倒栽蔥 · dào​zāi​cōng · humiliating failure — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    倒栽葱 / 倒栽蔥

    dào​zāi​cōng

    humiliating failure

    (metaphorical) to suffer an ignominious failure or a crushing defeat

    倒 (literal) → 倒 · dào · inverted 栽 (literal) → 栽 · zāi · to lose face 葱 (literal) → 葱/蔥 · cōng · scallion

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

    created sense