倒貼
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Chinese[edit]
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 |
to stick; to paste; to keep close to to stick; to paste; to keep close to; to fit snugly; subsidize; allowance | ||
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trad. (倒貼) | 倒 | 貼 | |
simp. (倒贴) | 倒 | 贴 |
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
倒貼
- to pay instead of getting paid; to have to put in resources when one expected to be on the receiving end
- (figurative, of a girl) to lower her dignity and woo a guy
- (Taiwanese Hokkien) to lose money; to make a loss
Synonyms[edit]
- (to lose money):