反动

fǎn dòng

HSK 2.0 Level 6 Rare

Definitions

1. reaction
2. reactionary

Word relationships

Antonyms

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• 进步 jìn bù 进步 jìn bù progress; improvement 政治或社会意义上，表示促进变革和发展的立场: progress; improvement

Related words

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• 保守 bǎo shǒu 保守 bǎo shǒu conservative 政治立场，与“反动”相对，表示倾向维持现状或反对激进变革: conservative

Usage notes

Collocations

常与“分子”或“势力”搭配，如“反动分子”或“反动势力”。

Common mistakes

“反动”在中文中常带有负面政治含义，指反对进步或革命，不同于英文“reactionary”的一般用法。

Example Sentences

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这些 反动 势力试图阻止改革。

These reactionary forces try to prevent reform.

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Words Containing 反动

• 反动分子 反动分子 fǎn dòng fèn zǐ: reactionaries; reactionary elements
• 反动势力 反动势力 fǎn dòng shì li: reactionary forces (esp. in Marxist rhetoric)
• 反动派 反动派 fǎn dòng pài: reactionaries
• 知识越多越反动 知识越多越反动 zhī shi yuè duō yuè fǎn dòng: 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])
• 老子英雄儿好汉，老子反动儿混蛋 老子英雄儿好汉，老子反动儿混蛋 lǎo zi yīng xióng ér hǎo hàn , lǎo zi fǎn dòng ér hún dàn: 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)

Child Words of 反动

• 动 动 dòng: (of sth) to move
• 反 反 fǎn: contrary