倒
dǎo
to fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally
to fail; to go bankrupt; to overthrow; to change (trains or buses); to move around; to resell at a profit
他走路时不小心，倒在地上了。
tā zǒu lù shí bù xiǎo xīn, dǎo zài dì shàng le。
he was not careful while walking and fell to the ground.
那家小店因为没有客人而倒了。
nà jiā xiǎo diàn yīn wèi méi yǒu kè rén ér dǎo le。
that small shop went bankrupt because it had no customers.
Words with 倒
倒行逆施
dào xíng nì shī
to go against the tide (idiom); to do things all wrong
倒像
dào xiàng
(optics) inverted image
倒映
dào yìng
to reflect (producing an inverted image)
倒数
dào shù
inverse number
倒退
dào tuì
to fall back
排山倒海
pái shān dǎo hǎi
lit. to topple the mountains and overturn the seas (idiom); earth-shattering
本末倒置
běn mò dào zhì
lit. to invert root and branch (idiom); fig. confusing cause and effect
穷困潦倒
qióng kùn liáo dǎo
(idiom) to live in poverty and despair; down and out; destitute and without hope
倒车
dào chē
to reverse (a vehicle)
卧倒
wò dǎo
to lie down
那倒是
nà dào shi
Oh that's true! (interjection of sudden realization)
醉倒
zuì dǎo
to pass out drunk