Chinese word dictionary

颠踣

diān bó · to fall down; to fall forward

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Word information

Simplified颠踣

Traditional顛踣

Pinyindiān bó

Part of speechDictionary

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HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

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颠diān

peak, summit, top; to upset

踣bó

stiff, corpse-like; rigor mortis

How to learn 颠踣

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颠簸diānbǒ

to be jolted around (car on a bumpy road, boat on a rough sea, aircraft experiencing turbulence); (fig.) to undergo a rough experience

颠倒diāndǎo

to turn upside down; to reverse; back to front; confused; deranged; crazy

颠倒黑白diāndǎo-hēibái

lit. to invert black and white (idiom); to distort the truth deliberately; to misrepresent the facts; to invert right and wrong

颠覆diānfù

to topple (i.e. knock over); to capsize; fig. to overturn (a regime, by plotting or subversion); to undermine; to subvert