倒挂 (dào guà) — to hang upside down; to be inverted; (figurative) to purchase dearly and sell cheaply (price inversion); (figurative) to contribute more but receive less; reversal of the natural order
Definition
倒挂 literally means 'hanging upside down' and is also used figuratively for a reversal where input exceeds output — e.g. workers earning less than what they produce. It is a separable verb: 倒挂着 / 挂倒了.
verb
to hang upside downto be inverted(figurative) to purchase dearly and sell cheaply (price inversion)(figurative) to contribute more but receive lessreversal of the natural order
Examples
- 倒挂。Biān fú xǐ huan dào guà zài dòng xué de dǐng bù.Bats like to hang upside down from the top of caves.
- 倒挂，。Zuì jìn nóng chǎn pǐn jià gé dào guà, nóng mín shōu rù fǎn ér jiǎn shǎo le.Recently, agricultural product prices have inverted, and farmers' incomes have actually decreased.
- ，倒挂。Zài zhè ge háng yè lǐ, fù chū yǔ huí bào yán zhòng dào guà.In this industry, effort and reward are severely inverted.
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