倒戈
Chinese
editupset; turn over; to tip upset; turn over; to tip; to pour; to go home; to the contrary; inverted; to fall; to collapse; to topple; to change; to fail; bankrupt |
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Pronunciation
edit- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄉㄠˇ ㄍㄜ
- Tongyong Pinyin: dǎoge
- Wade–Giles: tao3-ko1
- Yale: dǎu-gē
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daoge
- Palladius: даогэ (daogɛ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ kɤ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, common variant)
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄉㄠˋ ㄍㄜ
- Tongyong Pinyin: dàoge
- Wade–Giles: tao4-ko1
- Yale: dàu-gē
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dawge
- Palladius: даогэ (daogɛ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tɑʊ̯⁵¹ kɤ⁵⁵/
- Homophones:
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悼歌
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan variant)
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄉㄠˇ ㄍㄜˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: dǎogé
- Wade–Giles: tao3-ko2
- Yale: dǎu-gé
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daoger
- Palladius: даогэ (daogɛ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ kɤ³⁵/
- Homophones:
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倒閣／倒阁
- (Standard Chinese, standard)+
Verb
edit倒戈
- (literally) to turn the weapon backwards, or upside-down
- (figuratively) to change sides in a conflict; to defect
- 前徒倒戈，攻於後以北，血流漂杵。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Book of Documents, circa 7th – 4th centuries BCE
- Qiántú dǎogē, gōng yú hòu yǐ běi, xuè liú piāo chǔ. [Pinyin]
- The soldiers in the front turned backwards and attacked the ones at the back. The troop retreated with the blood deep enough to float a pestle.
前徒倒戈，攻于后以北，血流漂杵。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]