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倒裝句

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Mandarin · pinyin dào zhuāng jù

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倒: dào · fall over; lie down; take turns
裝: Look up this written character
句: jù · sentence
装: zhuāng · dress, clothes, attire; fill

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4–1–4 · dao4 zhuang1 ju4

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dou2 zong1 geoi3

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noun

(grammar) inverted sentence

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