冠履倒易
guān​lǚ​dào​yì

upside down

  • created reference approved 冠履倒易 → 本末倒置 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    冠履倒易 guān​lǚ​dào​yì

    本末倒置 běn​mò​dào​zhì

    synonym

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

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  • created sense approved 冠履倒易 · guān​lǚ​dào​yì · upside down — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    冠履倒易

    guān​lǚ​dào​yì

    upside down

    (literary) literally meaning the hat and shoes are swapped; used to describe a situation where things are completely reversed or in the wrong order; turned upside down

    冠 (literal) → 冠 · guān · hat 履 (literal) → 履 · lǚ · shoe 倒 (literal) → 倒 · dào · inverted 易 (literal) → 易 · yì · to change

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

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