颠倒

顛倒

diāndǎo

verb HSK 7-9 #7,496

Meanings

HSK 3

别把事情颠倒过来说。

Bié bǎ shìqíng diāndǎo guòlái shuō.

Don't twist the facts around.

HSK 4

你把顺序颠倒了。

Nǐ bǎ shùnxù diāndǎo le.

You reversed the order.

HSK 6

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.

usage

颠倒黑白 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