打倒

Chinese

beat; strike; break
beat; strike; break; mix up; build; fight; fetch; make; tie up; issue; shoot; calculate; since; from; dozen
 
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
 
simp. and trad.
(打倒)

Pronunciation


Verb

打⫽倒 (verb-complement) (transitive)

  1. to beat down; to knock down
    打倒  ―  dǎdǎo zài dì  ―  to knock to the ground
  2. to overthrow; to topple; to be down with
    打倒軍閥打倒军阀  ―  dǎdǎo jūnfá  ―  to overthrow warlords
    打倒美帝  ―  Dǎdǎo měidì!  ―  Down with American imperialism!

Synonyms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (打倒):
  • Japanese: 打倒(だとう) (datō)
  • Korean: 타도(打倒) (tado)
  • Vietnamese: đả đảo (打倒)

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 3
とう
Grade: S
kan'yōon on'yomi

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) とー [dàtóó] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [da̠to̞ː]

Noun

()(とう) • (datō

  1. overthrow; defeat

Verb

()(とう)する • (datō surutransitive suru (stem ()(とう) (datō shi), past ()(とう)した (datō shita))

  1. to overthrow; to defeat
    • 2025 February 26, 相良祥之 [Yoshiyuki Sagara], quotee, “第217回国会 参議院 外交・安全保障に関する調査会 第3号 令和7年2月26日 [217th Diet, House of Councillors, Research Committee on Foreign Affairs and Security, No. 3, February 26, 2025]”, in 国会会議録検索システム [Diet Proceedings Search System]‎[1], 国立国会図書館 [National Diet Library], retrieved 27 September 2025:
      さらには、IS、イスラム国を打倒した後に、再び若者が過激派に取り込まれないように脆弱な地域社会を再建すると、こういった活動も止まっております。
      Sara ni wa, Ai Esu, Isuramu Koku o datō shita ato ni, futatabi wakamono ga kagekiha ni torikomarenai yō ni zeijaku na chiiki shakai o saiken suru to, kō itta katsudō mo tomatte ori masu.
      Furthermore, activities to rebuild vulnerable local communities after the defeat of ISIS, to prevent young people from being drawn into extremism, have also been suspended.

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