The word 绊倒 (bàndǎo) is a resultative verb compound formed by combining the verb 绊 (bàn), meaning "to trip" or "to stumble (over an obstacle)", with the resultative complement 倒 (dǎo), meaning "to fall down". This grammatical structure is common in Mandarin, where the first character denotes the action, and the second character explicitly states the outcome of that action. Therefore, 绊倒 literally and functionally means "to trip and cause to fall", seamlessly merging the cause (tripping) and its inevitable effect (falling) into a single lexical unit.