倒背如流

dào bèi rú liú

Dictionary entry

to know by heart (so well that you can recite it backwards)

What does 倒背如流 mean?

倒背如流 (dào bèi rú liú) has the following dictionary meaning.

1to know by heart (so well that you can recite it backwards)

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倒dǎoto fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally · to fail; to go bankrupt 背bēivariant of 背[bei1]如rúas · as if 流liúto flow · to disseminate

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倒背如流

dào bèi rú liú

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