低枝倒掛

Chinese

		to lower (one's head); to let droop; to hang down to lower (one's head); to let droop; to hang down; low; to incline; beneath	branch; (a measure word)	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 hang; to put up; to suspend
trad. (低枝倒掛)		低	枝	倒	掛
simp. (低枝倒挂)		低	枝	倒	挂
Literally: “like a low branch hanging upside down”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dīzhīdǎoguà

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧ ㄓ ㄉㄠˇ ㄍㄨㄚˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dīzhīdǎoguà
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧ ㄓ ㄉㄠˇ ㄍㄨㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dijhihdǎoguà
    • Wade–Giles: ti¹-chih¹-tao³-kua⁴
    • Yale: dī-jr̄-dǎu-gwà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dijydaoguah
    • Palladius: дичжидаогуа (dičžidaogua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku̯ä⁵¹/

Idiom

低枝倒掛

1. awfully sleepy