倒戈

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	spear
simp. and trad. (倒戈)		倒	戈

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dǎogē, dàogē, dǎogé

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄠˇ ㄍㄜ, ㄉㄠˋ ㄍㄜ, ㄉㄠˇ ㄍㄜˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard)⁺
  - Pinyin: dǎogē
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄠˇ ㄍㄜ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daoge
  - IPA ^(key): /tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ kɤ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, common variant)
  - Pinyin: dàogē
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄠˋ ㄍㄜ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dawge
  - IPA ^(key): /tɑʊ̯⁵¹ kɤ⁵⁵/
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    倒戈
    悼歌
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan variant)
  - Pinyin: dǎogé
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄠˇ ㄍㄜˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daoger
  - IPA ^(key): /tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ kɤ³⁵/
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    倒戈
    倒閣／倒阁

Verb

倒戈

(literally) to turn the weapon backwards, or upside-down
(figuratively) to change sides in a conflict; to defect
- 前徒倒戈，攻於後以北，血流漂杵。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  前徒倒戈，攻于后以北，血流漂杵。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: The Book of Documents, circa 7^th – 4^th centuries BCE
  Qiántú dǎogē, gōng yú hòu yǐ běi, xuè liú piāo chǔ. [Pinyin]
  The soldiers in the front turned backwards and attacked the ones at the back. The troop retreated with the blood deep enough to float a pestle.

Derived terms

倒戈卸甲
前徒倒戈

解甲倒戈

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