倒行逆施

dào xíng nì shī

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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

• 倒 倒 dǎo: to fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally
• 倒 倒 dào: to invert; to place upside down or frontside back
• 行 行 háng: row
• 行 行 xíng: to walk
• 逆 逆 nì: contrary
• 施 施 shī: (bound form) to put into effect (regulations etc)