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逆
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Definitions
- 1. contrary
- 2. opposite
- 3. backwards
- 4. to go against
- 5. to oppose
- 6. to betray
- 7. to rebel
Words Containing 逆
irreversible
multiplicative inverse (math.)
to disobey
inverse order
adverse trade balance
to go back to the source
traitor
belching and retching counterflow (medical term)
to hiccup
to counterattack; to strike back
to go against the wind
inverse operation
reverse fault (geology)
oxymoron
(geology) anaclinal
study is like rowing upstream – if you don't keep pushing forward, you fall behind
reverse psychology
submit to me and prosper, or oppose me and perish
reversibility
to rebel
backwards
reversing (e.g. electric current)
disobedient to parents
(of an engine) to backfire
very friendly
loyal advice jars on the ears (idiom)
to go against the tide (idiom); to do things all wrong
unpleasant to hear
to rebel
to foresee
against the stream
to resign oneself to adversity (idiom); to grin and bear it
intimate friendship
rebellious minister
lit. violating heaven and reason (idiom); immoral character
to seem to grow younger
contrary
lit. navigating a boat against the current (idiom)
guest-house
reverse transcriptase
reverse osmosis
renegade
adversity
to violate; to go against
inverted turn (ornament in music)
to go against the trend
to go against
rebellious behavior
backlighting (lighting design)
unfilial son
against the current
reverse flow of 氣|气[qì] (TCM)
inverse map (math.)
irreversible
to go the wrong way
disgraceful (of behavior that is unfilial, rebellious or otherwise in grave breach of the norms of society)
(zoo.) orca
anti-aging
traitor's property
to sail against the current
bad luck
to go against the tide (idiom); to do things all wrong
converse theorem (math.)
reversible
reverse transcription virus
speech that grates on the ear (idiom); bitter truths
like rowing a boat upstream, if you stop moving forward you fall back (idiom)
invaders (insulting term)
anticlockwise
unfavorable
to wipe out the villains (e.g. insurgents, or people of another race)
trade deficit
to turn back
(literary) to be in defiance of the natural order
reverse reaction
unnatural relationship (parricide, incest etc)
equatorial counter current