倒叙 (dào xù) — to start a narrative at the end (or midway), then proceed chronologically from the beginning · Chinese · Nantoka

dào xù

Traditional: 倒敘

倒叙 (dào xù) is a Chinese word meaning “to start a narrative at the end (or midway), then proceed chronologically from the beginning; to flash back; flashback (in a novel, movie etc)”.

Meanings

1to start a narrative at the end (or midway), then proceed chronologically from the beginning
2to flash back
3flashback (in a novel, movie etc)

Characters in 倒叙

倒dǎo · to fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally 叙xù · to narrate

Related words

倒to fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally 倒to invert; to place upside down or frontside back 倒霉to have bad luck 倒数to count backwards (from 10 down to 0)倒数inverse number 倒下to collapse 摔倒to fall down 倒是contrary to what one might expect 打倒to overthrow 击倒to knock down 颠倒to turn upside down 晕倒to faint

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