倒行逆施

dào xíng nì shī

Rare

Definitions

1. to go against the tide (idiom); to do things all wrong
2. to try to turn back history
3. a perverse way of doing things

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Child Words of 倒行逆施

to fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally

to invert; to place upside down or frontside back

row

to walk

contrary

(bound form) to put into effect (regulations etc)