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反
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Definitions
- 1. contrary
- 2. in reverse
- 3. inside out or upside down
- 4. to reverse
- 5. to return
- 6. to oppose
- 7. opposite
- 8. against
- 9. anti-
- 10. to rebel
- 11. to use analogy
- 12. instead
Example Sentences
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Words Containing 反
allergic response
to feed the enemy misinformation through their own spies
heavy water reactor (HWR)
anti-tank
power reactor
reflection nebula
locked in (with the door locked from the outside)
allergic reaction
reverse reaction
a clever person may become the victim of his own ingenuity (idiom); cleverness may overreach itself
research reactor
anti-ship missile
ruminant
to violate (a law)
anti-infiltration (measures taken against subversive external forces)
backscatter
to contradict oneself
lit. the guest acts as host (idiom); fig. to turn from passive to active behavior
to retort
nuclear counter strike
Anti-Rightist Movement, Mao's purge of \rightists\ after the Hundred Flowers Campaign ended in 1957
to toss and turn
anti-dumping
to quarrel
trussed
to oppose corruption
response time (technology)
to strike back
character with opposite meaning
to be disgusted with
biological (warfare) defense
honor does not allow one to glance back (idiom); duty-bound not to turn back
opitoshtonous (med.), muscular spasm of the body associated with tetanus and meningitis
altitude sickness
to toss and turn restlessly (in the bed)
verse criticizing officials
chain reaction
Anti-Rightist Movement, Mao's purge of \rightists\ after the Hundred Flowers Campaign ended in 1957
irony
metathesis (chemistry)
positive and negative
antisocial behavior
anti-communist
a crime against humanity
backhoe
man and wife fall out (idiom, from Book of Changes); marital strife
to reflect
the anti-Christ
recoil (of a gun)
reflecting surface
anticyclone
retrovirus
chain reaction (chemistry)
anti-corruption
repercussions
to be anti-imperialist
anti-missile
reflex action
if one is too calculating, it will be the cause of one's own undoing (famous line in \A Dream of Red Mansions\ 紅樓夢|红楼梦[hóng lóu mèng])
anti-corruption
to answer back sarcastically (idiom)
to rebel
anticorruption
UN convention against torture and cruel treatment (ratified by PRC in 1988)
to turn traitor; to defect
antiparticle (physics)
war on terrorism
to make a false countercharge
insurgent; rebel
inhuman
opposite
bioreactor
to thwart enemy espionage; to engage in counterespionage
antitrust legislation
complete change from the normal state (idiom); quite uncharacteristic
reflector (typically concave, as in a torch)
anti-Chinese
villain (of a drama etc)
to oppose strongly
to ask (a question) in reply
production reactor
to turn one's face against sb and show no mercy (idiom); to turn against a friend
the crime of instigating counterrevolutionary propaganda
crimes against humanity
proportional to inverse square (physics)
to sentence the accuser (and free the falsely accused defendant)
single-lens reflex camera (SLR)
(physiological etc) stress
counterintelligence
just the opposite
to renege
(chemical engineering) reaction vessel; reaction tank
counterclockwise
antihero
theory of reflection (in dialectic materialism), i.e. every perception reflects physical reality
backslash (computing)
anti-party
vice versa
reactionaries; reactionary elements
exothermic reaction
backslash (computing)
to seek the cause in oneself rather than sb else
opposition faction
bad guy (in a story)
reflexology (alternative medicine)
to raise one and infer three
retching
reactionary forces (esp. in Marxist rhetoric)
(nuclear etc) reactor
anti-rightist
antisocial (behavior)
reverse side
anti-ship cruise missile
being anti-American is the job, but life is in America (jocular comment made about public figures who are brazenly xenophobic but whose family live abroad)
anti-Yuan movement, opposing Yuan Shikai 袁世凱|袁世凯[yuán shì kǎi] in National Protection War 護國戰爭|护国战争[hù guó zhàn zhēng] 1915-1916
see 反式脂肪[fǎn shì zhī fáng]
reversal
unconditioned reflex (physiology)
war of 1915 against Yuan Shikai and for the Republic
repeatedly
to counterattack
to counterattack
nuclear reactor
to reflect upon oneself
tone of one's voice when asking a rhetorical question
single-lens reflex camera (SLR)
anyway
a government official drives the people to revolt (idiom); a minister provokes a rebellion by exploiting the people
Anti-Dühring, book by Friedrich Engels 恩格斯[ēn gé sī]
nocebo
unconventional
to redress (an injustice)
anti-doping
two-way
when things reach an extreme, they can only move in the opposite direction (idiom)
off-season; out-of-season
but on the contrary
fuel element
the side opposed to the proposition (in a formal debate)
back propagation algorithm
easy as a hand's turn (idiom); very easy
backlash
final radiance of setting sun
rebel
equatorial counter current
inversion (geometry)
counterexample
anti-American
antiwar protest
altitude sickness
gas-cooled reactor
inflammation response
to reflect light
anti-Xi (Jinping)
\Three Anti\ campaign (anti-corruption, anti-waste, anti-bureaucracy), early PRC purge of 1951-52
stratagem of sowing dissension
unstable
anti-government (protest)
with hands behind one's back
to become enemies (idiom); to fall out with sb
reactionaries
light water reactor (LWR)
contrast; discrepancy
see 易如反掌[yì rú fǎn zhǎng]
(PRC) teacher by negative example
active response
to stray and forget to return
anti-missile missile (such as the Patriot Missile)
anticodon
negative example
atomic reactor
anti-intellectualism
unusual
to wear inside out (clothes)
purge of counterrevolutionaries (esp. Mao's purge of hidden counterrevolutionaries 1955-56 and Stalin's Great Purge 1936-38)
off-season; out-of-season
(physiognomy) protruding bone at the back of the head, regarded as a sign of a renegade nature
to turn around
to show filial piety
anti-ship
anti-secession law of 2005 (whereby PRC claims the right to invade Taiwan)
reverse type (white on black)
to react
to respond to an assault by killing one's assailant
thermonuclear fusion reaction
recoil (of a gun)
nuclear reaction
reflection
anticlimax
opposition (political) party
disproof
see 窩裡鬥|窝里斗[wō li dòu]
to cross-examine
to ruminate
to make a false countercharge
reverse psychology
antimatter
breeder reactor
to instigate (rebellion etc)
counterclaim
reflector
to violate the constitution
irony
anti-aliasing
negative character
anti-missile
to do the very opposite
inverse square law (physics)
counterclaim
reaction
rebel faction
on the contrary; instead
reflex angle
reverse transcription virus
(molecular biology) reverse transcription
antisemitism
reflex
(Chinese opera) to play a role outside of one's specialty
thermal reactor
allergic reaction
to ask (a question) in reply
to try to draw a tiger but end up with a likeness of a dog (idiom)
ensure that you pay debts of gratitude (idiom)
reflex arc
chain reaction of nuclear fission
rebellious behavior
rhetorical question
to fight against
antimissile missile
(bird species of China) pied avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta)
bring order out of chaos
lit. to turn over one's palm
chemical reaction
to rebel
to glance back
to think back over sth
immune response
see 單反相機|单反相机[dān fǎn xiàng jī]
trans- (isomer) (chemistry)
communist attack against the Guomindang's encircle and annihilate campaign
by contrast
irony
anti-science
anti-Qing
opposing Yuan Shikai 袁世凱|袁世凯[yuán shì kǎi] in National Protection War 護國戰爭|护国战争[hù guó zhàn zhēng] 1915-1916
reflexology (alternative medicine)
to accuse the victim (while being the guilty party)
anti-terrorism
opposite direction
on the other hand
nuclear chain reaction
positron
acid reflux
inverse function (math.)
dissenting vote
to send back information
to plot a rebellion
antitrust
on the other hand...
to produce the opposite of the desired result
anti-corruption (policy)
nuclear fusion
to turn defeat into victory (idiom); to turn the tide
crime against humanity
see 弄巧成拙[nòng qiǎo chéng zhuō]
inverse-square law (physics)
to vary inversely
chain reaction
counterrevolutionary
tautology
to take countermeasures against
anti-Japan
reflecting surface
to express a different view
anti-nuclear (e.g. protest)
to bounce
conditioned response
anti-intellectual
to vow not to break one's promise
to oppose smuggling
response time
inverter, device that converts AC electricity to DC and vice versa
traditional system expressing the phonetic value of a Chinese character using two other characters, the first for the initial consonant, the second for the rhyme and tone
negative feedback
antonymous
anti-missile system
dystopia
If the father is a hero, the son is a real man. If the father is a reactionary, the son is a bastard. (Cultural Revolution slogan)
wishing for profit, but causing loss (idiom); good intentions that lead to disaster
to mirror
reflectivity
contrary to usual
to reverse (the score)
to resist
to introspect
introspection
reductio ad absurdum
(electronics) inverter; NOT gate
instead
reflexive pronoun
opposite reaction
conversely
anti-war
antitrust (loanword)
to correct oneself
repeatedly
to fight corruption and advocate probity
the more knowledgeable, the more reactionary (absurd anti-intellectual slogan attributed after the event to the Gang of Four 四人幫|四人帮[sì rén bāng])
reactor core
to turn a hand over
lit. to wear one's coat inside out and carry firewood on one's back (idiom)
\Three Anti\ campaign (anti-corruption, anti-waste, anti-bureaucracy), early PRC purge of 1951-52
inversely proportional
counterrevolutionary coup of 12th April 1927, Chiang Kai-shek's coup against the communists in Shanghai
La Niña (counterpart of El Niño in meteorology)
conditioned reflex
equation of a chemical reaction
reactor
to answer back
trans fat
irony
whether it's right or wrong doesn't make a lot of difference
antonym
(a person's) rebellious appearance
anti-aircraft defense
countercriticism
hypersensitivity
anti-submarine
anti-intellectualism
anti-English
to reflect light