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

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dǎogē
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄠˇ ㄍㄜ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dǎoge
    • Wade–Giles: tao³-ko¹
    • Yale: dǎu-gē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daoge
    • Palladius: даогэ (daogɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ kɤ⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, common variant)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàogē
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄠˋ ㄍㄜ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàoge
    • Wade–Giles: tao⁴-ko¹
    • Yale: dàu-gē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dawge
    • Palladius: даогэ (daogɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɑʊ̯⁵¹ kɤ⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan variant)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dǎogé
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄠˇ ㄍㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dǎogé
    • Wade–Giles: tao³-ko²
    • Yale: dǎu-gé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daoger
    • Palladius: даогэ (daogɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ kɤ³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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Verb

倒戈

1. (literally) to turn the weapon backwards, or upside-down
2. (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