倒 (dǎo) — to fall; to collapse; to go bankrupt; to resell at a profit.
Real origin: Person 亻 + 到 dào for the sound: fall over, or turn upside down.
Example sentences with 倒:
- 椅子倒了。 — Yǐ zi dǎo le. — The chair fell over.
- 这家店倒了。 — Zhè jiā diàn dǎo le. — This shop went out of business.
- 那棵树倒了。 — Nà kē shù dǎo le. — That tree fell down.
- 杯子倒在桌子上。 — bēizi dǎo zài zhuōzi shàng. — The cup fell over on the table.
- 他的生意倒了。 — tā de shēngyì dǎo le. — His business failed.
- 风太大了，自行车倒了。 — Fēng tài dà le, zì xíng chē dǎo le. — The wind was so strong that the bike fell over.
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