倒数

dàoshǔ

to count backwards (from 10 down to 0); to count down; from the bottom (lines on a page)

verb HSK 3.0 · Band 7 trad. 倒數

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大家开始倒数五秒。

Everyone started counting down five seconds.

他在班里成绩倒数。

His grades rank at the bottom of the class.