倒貼

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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
 
to stick; to paste; to keep close to
to stick; to paste; to keep close to; to fit snugly; subsidize; allowance
 
trad. (倒貼)
simp. (倒贴)

Pronunciation


Verb

倒貼

  1. to pay instead of getting paid; to have to put in resources when one expected to be on the receiving end
  2. (figurative, of a girl) to lower her dignity and woo a guy
  3. (Taiwanese Hokkien) to lose money; to make a loss

Synonyms

  • (to lose money):
(deprecated template usage)