倒行逆施

dào xíng nì shī

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Definitions

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

Child Words of 倒行逆施

倒
dǎo

to fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally

倒
dào

to invert; to place upside down or frontside back

行
háng

row

行
xíng

to walk

逆
nì

contrary

施
shī

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