倒腾
倒腾倒騰 dǎo teng ㄉㄠˇ ˙ㄊㄥ dou2 tang4
- to move
- to shift
- to exchange
- to buy and sell
- peddling
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Character breakdown
More words with these characters
倒
- 倒下 dǎo xià ㄉㄠˇ ㄒㄧㄚˋ dou2 haa6 to collapse
- 倒塌 dǎo tā ㄉㄠˇ ㄊㄚ dou2 taap3 to collapse (of building)
- 倒数倒數 dào shǔ ㄉㄠˋ ㄕㄨˇ dou3 sou3 to count backwards (from 10 down to 0)
- 倒是 dào shi ㄉㄠˋ ˙ㄕ dou3 si6 contrary to what one might expect
- 倒楣 dǎo méi ㄉㄠˇ ㄇㄟˊ variant of 倒霉[dao3 mei2]
- 倒卖倒賣 dǎo mài ㄉㄠˇ ㄇㄞˋ dou2 maai6 to resell at a profit
腾
- 图腾圖騰 tú téng ㄊㄨˊ ㄊㄥˊ tou4 tang4 totem (loanword)
- 奔腾奔騰 bēn téng ㄅㄣ ㄊㄥˊ ban1 tang4 (of waves) to surge forward
- 折腾折騰 zhē teng ㄓㄜ ˙ㄊㄥ zit3 tang4 to toss from side to side (e.g. sleeplessly)
- 沸腾沸騰 fèi téng ㄈㄟˋ ㄊㄥˊ fai3 tang4 (of a liquid) to boil
- 热腾腾熱騰騰 rè téng téng ㄖㄜˋ ㄊㄥˊ ㄊㄥˊ jit6 tang4 tang4 steaming hot
- 升腾升騰 shēng téng ㄕㄥ ㄊㄥˊ sing1 tang4 to rise
Idioms with these characters
- 本末倒置 běn mò dào zhì ㄅㄣˇ ㄇㄛˋ ㄉㄠˋ ㄓˋ bun2 mut6 dou2 zi3 lit. to invert root and branch (idiom); fig. confusing cause and effect
- 倒持泰阿 dào chí Tài ē ㄉㄠˋ ㄔˊ ㄊㄞˋ ㄜ dou2 ci4 taai3 aa3 lit. to present the handle of a sword to another (idiom)
- 倒打一耙 dào dǎ yī pá ㄉㄠˋ ㄉㄚˇ ㄧ ㄆㄚˊ dou2 daa2 jat1 paa4 lit. to strike with a muckrake (idiom), cf Pigsy 豬八戒|猪八戒 in Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记; fig. to counterattack
- 倒行逆施 dào xíng nì shī ㄉㄠˋ ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄋㄧˋ ㄕ dou3 hang4 jik6 si1 to go against the tide (idiom); to do things all wrong
- 倒悬之急倒懸之急 dào xuán zhī jí ㄉㄠˋ ㄒㄩㄢˊ ㄓ ㄐㄧˊ dou3 jyun4 zi1 gap1 lit. the crisis of being hanged upside down (idiom); fig. extremely critical situation
- 飞黄腾达飛黃騰達 Fēi huáng téng dá ㄈㄟ ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄊㄥˊ ㄉㄚˊ fei1 wong4 tang4 daat6 lit. the divine steed Feihuang gallops (idiom)
- 龙腾虎跃龍騰虎躍 lóng téng hǔ yuè ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄊㄥˊ ㄏㄨˇ ㄩㄝˋ lung4 tang4 fu2 joek6 lit. dragon soaring and tiger leaping (idiom)
- 民怨沸腾民怨沸騰 mín yuàn fèi téng ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄩㄢˋ ㄈㄟˋ ㄊㄥˊ man4 jyun3 fai3 tang4 seething discontent (idiom); popular grievances boil over
- 热血沸腾熱血沸騰 rè xuè fèi téng ㄖㄜˋ ㄒㄩㄝˋ ㄈㄟˋ ㄊㄥˊ jit6 hyut3 fai3 tang4 (idiom) to be fired up; to have one's blood racing; to be burning (with excitement, passion, anger etc)
- 腾空而起騰空而起 téng kōng ér qǐ ㄊㄥˊ ㄎㄨㄥ ㄦˊ ㄑㄧˇ tang4 hung1 ji4 hei2 (idiom) to rise into the air