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傾倒

傾倒

See also: 倾倒

Chinese

Pronunciation


Verb

傾倒

  1. to collapse; to topple over
  2. to greatly admire; to be attracted to
  3. to mesmerise (someone); to captivate

Etymology 2

 
to overturn; to collapse; to lean; to tend; to incline; to pour out
to pour, to throw out
trad. (傾倒)
simp. (倾倒)

Pronunciation


Verb

傾倒

  1. to dump; to pour
  2. to empty out (one's thoughts)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
けい
Grade: S
とう
Grade: S
on'yomi

Noun

傾倒 (hiragana けいとう, romaji keitō)

  1. admiration
  2. concentrating on, devoting oneself to

Verb

傾倒する (hiragana けいとうする, romaji keitō suru)

  1. admire
  2. devote oneself to, concentrate on
    • 1922, 有島武郎, 広津氏に答う:
      そうして自己独得 (じこどくとく)芸術的感興 (げいじゅつてきかんきょう)表現 (ひょうげん)することに全精力 (ぜんせいりょく)傾倒 (けいとう)するところの (ひと)だ。
      Sōshite jiko dokutoku no geijutsuteki kankyō o hyōgen suru koto ni zen-seiryoku o keitō suru tokoro no hito da.
      It's in people who thereby devote all of their energy toward the expression of their own unique artistic inspiration.

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