There are 12 total results for your 顛倒 search.
Characters | Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
顛倒 颠倒 see styles |
diān dǎo dian1 dao3 tien tao tendou / tendo てんどう tentou / tento てんとう |
to turn upside down; to reverse; back to front; confused; deranged; crazy (Buddhist term) cognitive distortion; (n,vs,adj-no) (1) falling down; tumbling; overturning; turning over; (2) reversing; inverting; inversion; (3) getting upset |
顛倒是非 颠倒是非 see styles |
diān dǎo shì fēi dian1 dao3 shi4 fei1 tien tao shih fei |
to invert right and wrong |
顛倒過來 颠倒过来 see styles |
diān dǎo guò lái dian1 dao3 guo4 lai2 tien tao kuo lai |
to invert |
顛倒黑白 颠倒黑白 see styles |
diān dǎo hēi bái dian1 dao3 hei1 bai2 tien tao hei pai |
lit. to invert black and white (idiom); to distort the truth deliberately; to misrepresent the facts; to invert right and wrong |
主客顛倒 see styles |
shukyakutentou / shukyakutento しゅきゃくてんとう shukakutentou / shukakutento しゅかくてんとう |
(noun/participle) (yoji) reversing the order of (relative) importance (of); putting the cart before the horse; the tables being turned; mistaking the insignificant for the essential; mistaking the means for the end |
本末顛倒 see styles |
honmatsutentou / honmatsutento ほんまつてんとう |
(n,vs,adj-no) (yoji) failing to properly evaluate the (relative) importance (of); putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the cause for the end; mistaking the insignificant for the essential; getting one's priorities backwards |
神魂顛倒 神魂颠倒 see styles |
shén hún diān dǎo shen2 hun2 dian1 dao3 shen hun tien tao |
lit. spirit and soul upside down (idiom); infatuated and head over heels in love; fascinated; captivated |
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tendou / tendo てんどう |
{Buddh} cognitive distortion |
Variations: |
tentou / tento てんとう |
(n,vs,adj-no) (1) falling down; tumbling; overturning; turning over; (n,vs,adj-no) (2) reversing; inverting; inversion; (n,vs,adj-no) (3) getting upset |
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shukakutentou; shukyakutentou / shukakutento; shukyakutento しゅかくてんとう; しゅきゃくてんとう |
(noun/participle) (yoji) reversing the order of (relative) importance (of); putting the cart before the horse; the tables being turned; mistaking the insignificant for the essential; mistaking the means for the end |
Variations: |
honmatsutentou / honmatsutento ほんまつてんとう |
(n,vs,adj-no) (yoji) failing to properly evaluate the (relative) importance (of); putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the cause for the end; mistaking the insignificant for the essential; getting one's priorities backwards |
Variations: |
honmatsutentou / honmatsutento ほんまつてんとう |
(n,vs,vi) (yoji) putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the means for the end; getting one's priorities backwards |
Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.
This page contains 12 results for "顛倒" in Chinese and/or Japanese.Information about this dictionary:
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Example: The Chinese character 湯 for soup (hot water) has come to mean bath (hot water) in Japanese. They have the same root meaning of "hot water", but a 湯屋 sign on a bathhouse in Japan would lead a Chinese person to think it was a "soup house" or a place to get a bowl of soup. See this: Japanese Bath House
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