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倒是
dàoshi
1. contrary to what one might expect
2. actually
3. contrariwise
4. why don't you
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Character Breakdown

倒
dào
to collapse, to fall over; to lie down
HSK 4 10 丶
是
shì
to be; indeed, right, yes; okay
HSK 1 9 丶

Compound Words (2)

那倒是
nàdàoshi
Oh that's true! (interjection of sudden realization)
颠倒是非
diāndǎoshìfēi
to invert right and wrong

Metadata

Category
Chinese
Word Frequency Rank
2,519 of 84,292