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

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

to know something by heart

Synonyms

(Hokkien) 倒頭念／倒头念

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