When the Positions of the Chinese Characters are Reversed...

When you reverse the position of these pairs of characters, you will get different meanings! 

1

qin min

    

In front, ahead, above

Wmen ns qinmin yu y ji kfitn.

(There is a cafe in front of our company.)

 2.

W ji zhn zi t de minqin k sh t y jn b j d w sh shu le

(I stood in front of him, but he could not remember who I was.)

Examples

2

y shu

 

toothbrush

  

Brush one's teeth

1.

Zh sh w xn mi de yshu.

(This is my new toothbrush.)

2. 

W hi mi shuy.

(I haven't brushed my teeth yet.)

Examples

3

d j

strike

beat

1.

T yjn shbi le n ji b yo zi dj t le.

(He has failed, so don't knock his confidence any more.)

2.

T de tub shudo le ynzhn de jd.

(He was badly hit on the head.)

Examples

4

shn wn

   

surf the net  

  

on the internet

1.

W xhun shnwn mi dnxi.

(I like shopping online.)

2.

Wnshn yu hn du rn shu zh e shnpn b ho.

(There are many people on the Internet who say that this product is not good.)

Examples

5

z s

 selfish 

1.

T sh e hn zs de rn.

(He is a very selfish man.)

2.

Miyou w de ynxn b nn sz po chqu.

(You can't run out without my permission.)

Examples

6

xu y

 

study medicine

 

Medical Science

1.

T sh i dxu yxu yun de chunjin rn zh y.

(he was one of the founders of the university's medical faculty.)

2.

W hish fnq xu y le w zhn de b sh n kui lio.

(I left medicine anyway. I wasn't really cut out for it.)

Examples

7

n yn

    

function

  

diligent

1.

Zh e dnxi de nyn sh shnme

(What is the function of this?)

2.

T xinzi b yqin ynn du le.

(He works much harder than before.)

Examples

8

shu qin

  

Pistol 

   

Marksmansubstitude examinee

1.

Jnfn f xin le y b shuqin.

(The police found a pistol. )

2.

Jnun y zh yn shl jio rut rn bi chnwi shn qinshu.

(He is said to be a crack shot, despite weak vision in one eye. )

Examples

9

hu b

  paint brush

strokes of a Chinese character

1.

T shu zhn n zhe y e tiosbn h y zh hub.

(He had a palette and a brush in his hand.)

2.

Wn z yu s bhu.

(The character  has four strokes. )

Examples

10

jn hun

    

golden yellow

2.

Hunjn de ji zi shnzhn.

(The price of gold was going up. )

Examples

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