be spoiled; malfunction

(business) fail; collapse

(v)

move around

(v) pour out; tip; dump (garbage)

change; shift; exchange

fall over; topple; overthrow

to be more of a hinderance than a help

on the contrary; instead

fell or to have fallen on

living in poverty and feeling dispirited

very early in the morning

as early as the cleaners who collect nightsoil buckets (屎塔) every morning

to go backwards; to go in reverse

to go backwards

be down and out

go to bed; lie down

tumbler; roly-poly

(Lit. not falling down old man)

overly ripe (for melons)

melons become rotten or empty from the inside from being over ripe

on the verge of collapse

inversion, turn in reverse

knock over/down/off

to be unlucky; variant of 倒霉

invert

a major upset; failure of the hot favourite

the most popularly predicted outcome turns out not as predicted

stagger; swing and sway; unable to stand steady

to overthrow the cabinet of the opposition party

a disservice-doer; one who incurs losses on one's own side; [lit] The God of Longevity throwing away rice

describes one who tries to help and ends up doing more harm than good

hanging upside down; inverted

hanging upside down

topple

collapse,

to spill | Mand.: 溢出, 倒出

spill

reverse gear

agnail, hangnail