倒背如流

Chinese

		upset; turn over; to tip upset; turn over; to tip; to pour; to go home; to the contrary; inverted; to fall; to collapse; to topple; to change; to fail; bankrupt	learn by heart; the back of the body; to be burdened learn by heart; the back of the body; to be burdened; to carry on the back or shoulder	as (if); such as	to flow; to spread; to circulate to flow; to spread; to circulate; to move
trad. (倒背如流)		倒	背	如	流
simp. #(倒背如流)		倒	背	如	流
Literally: “to recite fluently in reverse order”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàobèirúliú

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄠˋ ㄅㄟˋ ㄖㄨˊ ㄌㄧㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dou² bui⁶ jyu⁴ lau⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàobèirúliú
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄠˋ ㄅㄟˋ ㄖㄨˊ ㄌㄧㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàobèirúlióu
    • Wade–Giles: tao⁴-pei⁴-ju²-liu²
    • Yale: dàu-bèi-rú-lyóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dawbeyruliou
    • Palladius: даобэйжулю (daobɛjžulju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ peɪ̯⁵¹ ʐu³⁵ li̯oʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dou² bui⁶ jyu⁴ lau⁴
    • Yale: dóu buih yùh làuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dou² bui⁶ jy⁴ lau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: dou² bui⁶ yu⁴ leo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tou̯³⁵ puːi̯²² jyː²¹ lɐu̯²¹/

Idiom

倒背如流

1. to know something by heart

Synonyms

• (Hokkien) 倒頭念／倒头念