Learning Chinese grows from characters to words and then idioms. We’ve created free tools to help you master idioms like 「顛衣到裳」, explained here.
Our focus this time is on the idiom 「顛衣到裳」. You’ll find its definition and examples below.
到 means “dao”. Describes something that is done in a hurry and out of order. Same as “turning clothes upside down”.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
diān yī dào shang
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
din1 yi1 dou3/dou2 seung4
The world of Chinese idioms is immense, with countless meanings and applications to discover. We hope these resources help you unlock the beauty of learning Chinese.

