倒置

dàozhì

verb #47,899

Meanings

1 to invert
2 to turn upside down
3 to reverse

Characters

to invert; upside down

Examples

请勿倒置。

Qǐng wù dàozhì.

Do not invert. (warning on packaging)

他把整个论点倒置了。

Tā bǎ zhěnggè lùndiǎn dàozhì le.

He inverted the entire argument.

Tips

usage

请勿倒置 (qǐng wù dàozhì, ‘do not invert’) is the standard ‘this side up’ warning printed on Chinese cargo and packaging. Also appears in the chengyu 本末倒置 (běnmò dàozhì, ‘to put the cart before the horse’).

Stroke Order

倒 dào

置 zhì