TURN UPSIDE DOWN    倒置

DISPLACE something so as to CAUSE it TO STAND ON its TOP.
UPSIDE DOWNWRONG SIDE UPINVERTEDREVERSEDUPSETINFORMAL BASS-ACKWARDASS-BACKWARDTURN UPSIDE DOWNTURN OVERUPENDUPTURNINVERT.REVERSE
Old Chinese Criteria
huang
Modern Chinese Criteria
顛倒 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 ／
Hypernym
  • DISPLACE　CAUSE to MOVE. (anc: 11/0, child: 28)
  • MOVE　CHANGE PLACE OR SITUATION. (anc: 10/0, child: 21)
  • CHANGE　EVENT involving two MOMENTS t1 and t2, such that a THING at the MOMENT t1 is DIFFERENT FROM that THING at the MOMENT t2. (anc: 9/0, child: 18)
  • 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 (5 items)

    倒  dào OC: k-laaws MC: tɑu 15 Attributions
      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 Attributions
    • 佛光大辭典 Fóguāng dàcídiǎn The Foguang Dictionary of Buddhism ( FOGUANG) p. 6731a-c

      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 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPtoNturn upside down
    盤迴  pán huí OC: baan ɢuul MC: bʷɑn ɦuo̝i 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPiprocessturn and twist in an irregular fashion > swirl
    忤  wǔ OC: ŋaas MC: ŋuo̝ 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNgo in the opposite direction, go against, grate against