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Expressing 'upside down' with 颠倒 (diāndǎo)
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Structure
Subject + 颠倒
Explanation
颠倒 (diāndǎo) is a verb or adjective meaning "upside down," "reversed," or "inverted." It describes something that has been flipped or turned the wrong way around, whether physically or in an abstract sense such as reversed order or logic.
Examples
你把照片贴颠倒了，字都是反的。
Nǐ bǎ zhàopiàn tiē diāndào le, zì dōu shì fǎn de.
You put the photo upside down; the words are all reversed.
他总是颠倒黑白，把错的说成对的。
Tā zǒngshì diāndào hēibái, bǎ cuò de shuōchéng duì de.
He always turns black into white, calling wrong things right.