TURN UPSIDE DOWN 倒置
DISPLACE something so as to CAUSE it TO STAND ON its TOP.
Old Chinese Criteria
Modern Chinese Criteria
倒過兒
掉過兒
倒
倒頭
rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH /
- Lateinische Synonyme und Etymologien
(
DOEDERLEIN 1840)
p.
TURN
vertere refers to turning or moving anything in order to give it another position in space.
torquere is to twist in order to distort the shape of something.
- A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages
(
BUCK 1988)
p.
10.13 - Encyclopedia of Comparative Iconography
(
ROBERTS 1998)
p.
875
Words
倒 dào OC: k-laaws MC: tɑu 15 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- vadVupside down
- viactturn round; toss and turn
- vpostadVverbal complement: V to the degree of turning over/turning upside down/collapsing
- vtoNturn upside down; pervert
顛倒 diān dǎo OC: tiin k-leewʔ MC: ten tɑu 9 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- NPabactBUDDH: turning upside down (correct views) > holding wrong views
- VP[adN]BUDDH: those who have turned things upside down > the perverse-minded
- VPadVupside down
- VPiacttoss and turn
- VPiactBUDDH: turn away from what is right > have perverted views (there are numerous different categories of diāndào described in Buddhist texts); skr. viparīta, viparyāsa
- VPifigurativebe turned upside down; be upside down; be all topsy-turvy;
- VPt(oN)turn the contextually determinate N upside down
- VPtoNfigurativeturn upside down, overthrow
倒錯 dào cuò OC: k-laaws skhaaɡs MC: tɑu tshuo̝ 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- VPtoNturn upside down
盤迴 pán huí OC: baan ɢuul MC: bʷɑn ɦuo̝i 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- VPiprocessturn and twist in an irregular fashion > swirl
忤 wǔ OC: ŋaas MC: ŋuo̝ 0 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- vtoNgo in the opposite direction, go against, grate against
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