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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 倒叙

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
倒叙 dào xù - to start a narrative at the end (or midway), then proceed chronologically from the beginning
- to flash back
- flashback (in a novel, movie etc)

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 58,030 79,504 51,448

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
dǎo- to fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally
- to fail; to go bankrupt
- to overthrow
- to change (trains or buses)
- to move around
- to resell at a profit
dào- to invert; to place upside down or frontside back
- to pour out
- to tip out; to dump
- inverted; upside down; reversed
- to go backward
- contrary to what one might expect; but; yet
- variant of 敘|叙[xu4]
- abbr. for Syria 敘利亞|叙利亚[Xu4 li4 ya4]
- to narrate
- to chat

Other Words Containing 倒叙

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
倒叙 - - 58,030 79,504 51,448