颠倒

顛倒

diāndǎo

verb HSK 7-9 #7,496

Meanings

你把顺序颠倒了。

Nǐ bǎ shùnxù diāndǎo le.

You reversed the order.

他日夜颠倒，白天睡觉晚上工作。

Tā rìyè diāndǎo, báitiān shuìjiào wǎnshang gōngzuò.

His day and night are reversed — he sleeps during the day and works at night.

别把事情颠倒过来说。

Bié bǎ shìqíng diāndǎo guòlái shuō.

Don't twist the facts around.

usage

颠倒黑白 (diāndǎo hēibái) means 'to confuse right and wrong' (literally: to reverse black and white). It's a common idiom for distorting the truth.

颠 diān

倒 dǎo