dào shi

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倒是 (dào shi) is a Chinese word meaning “contrary to what one might expect; actually; contrariwise”.

Meanings

  1. 1contrary to what one might expect
  2. 2actually
  3. 3contrariwise
  4. 4why don't you
Part of speech
adverb

Characters in 倒是

倒dǎo · to fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally是shì · to be (followed by substantives only)

Related words

是to be (followed by substantives only)是variant of 是[shi4]但是but; however是的yes, that's right就是exactly; precisely只是merely; only; just; nothing but还是still (as before)可是but; however真是indeed; truly总是always是否whether (or not)倒to fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally

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