1. unrecoverable debt2. bad debt3. to evade debt
(neologism c. 2006) (of circumstances) to stimulate (change, esp. innovation, reform etc)
1. barb2. (football) bicycle kick; overhead kick
locked in (with the door locked from the outside)
1. to knock down2. to mow down
to knock over; to knock down; to lay flat; to fell; to bring down
to slip and fall; to lose one's footing and fall
to split one's sides laughing
1. to overturn2. to overthrow3. to capsize4. to collapse+1 条 1. to be entirely on one side2. one-sided3. lopsided4. partisan+1 条 +2 条 (of the husband) to marry into and live with the wife's family (inverting traditional Chinese expectations)
cold snap during the spring
to adjust to a different time zone
1. to fall headlong2. (fig.) to suffer an ignominious failure
to pour out one's grievances
(linguistics) inverted sentence
1. to count down2. countdown
the wrong way round (back to front, inside out etc)
1. (coll.) poor devil2. unfortunate man
to boo or jeer (as a sign of displeasure at an actor)
1. not to pose a problem for sb2. cannot stump sb
1. lit. the crisis of being hanged upside down (idiom); fig. extremely critical situation2. dire straits
1. lit. the pain of being hanged upside down (idiom); fig. extremely critical situation2. dire straits
1. lit. to strike with a muckrake (idiom), cf Pigsy 猪八戒 in Journey to the West 西游记; fig. to counterattack2. to make bogus accusations (against one's victim)
1. (lit.) to present the handle of a sword to another (idiom)2. (fig.) to relinquish power to another; to place oneself at another's mercy
1. to reverse cause and effect2. to put the horse before the cart
to know by heart (so well that you can recite it backwards)
1. (idiom) to exhaust all one has2. to leave no stone unturned3. to try one's best
to engage in speculation and profiteering
1. lit. spirit and soul upside down (idiom); infatuated and head over heels in love2. fascinated3. captivated
1. lit. to move mountains and drain seas2. to transform nature
(idiom) to live in poverty and despair; down and out; destitute and without hope
impoverished and dejected; wretched and penniless
1. to overturn trunks and boxes2. to make a thorough search (idiom)
lit. to rescue the people from hanging upside down (idiom, from Mencius); to save the people from dire straits
1. to invert the importance of things (i.e. stress the unimportant and neglect the important)2. lacking a sense of perspective3. to put the cart before the horse
1. to go against the tide (idiom); to do things all wrong2. to try to turn back history3. a perverse way of doing things
1. to trim one's sails with the wind2. to adopt different attitude depending on the circumstances (idiom)
1. confused2. disorderly3. incoherent
to have sexual intercourse
兵败如山倒 兵敗如山倒 bīng bài rú shān dǎo troops in defeat like a landslide (idiom); a beaten army in total collapse
1. When the tree topples the monkeys scatter. (idiom); fig. an opportunist abandons an unfavorable cause2. Rats leave a sinking ship.