倒彩

dàocǎi
noun #27,731

Meanings

  1. 1 jeering
  2. 2 catcalls
  3. 3 adverse audience reaction (boos, hissing, or sarcastic applause)

Examples

Tā de biǎoyǎn yǐnláile yīpiàn dàocǎi.
His performance was met with a chorus of jeers.
Yùndòngyuán shīwù hòu, guānzhòng hēqǐle dàocǎi.
After the athlete's mistake, the audience started booing.

Tips

usage
倒彩 (hē dàocǎi) means 'to jeer/boo'. The phrase can also describe sarcastic cheering after a blunder — applause that is meant as mockery rather than genuine praise.
memory
means 'reversed/upside-down'. Think of 倒彩 as 'reversed applause' — what should be cheers () turned upside down () into boos.

Stroke Order

dào
cǎi