倒持泰阿 — Chinese idiom
倒持泰阿
dào chí Tài ē
Meaning
- (lit.) to present the handle of a sword to another
- (fig.) to relinquish power to another; to place oneself at another's mercy
Character by character
- 倒dàoto collapse, to fall over; to lie down
- 持chíto hold, to support, to sustain
- 泰Tàigreat, exalted, superior; calm; big
- 阿ēan initial particle, a prefix used for names; used
Idioms sharing a character
- 倒悬之危 dào xuán zhī wēi
- 倒悬之急 dào xuán zhī jí
- 倒悬之苦 dào xuán zhī kǔ
- 倒打一耙 dào dǎ yī pá
- 倒行逆施 dào xíng nì shī
- 倾箱倒箧 qīng xiāng dào qiè
- 排山倒海 pái shān dǎo hǎi
- 本末倒置 běn mò dào zhì
- 东倒西歪 dōng dǎo xī wāi
- 神魂颠倒 shén hún diān dǎo
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