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- contrary
- in reverse
- inside out or upside down
- to reverse
- to return
- to oppose
- opposite
- against
- anti-
- to rebel
- to use analogy
- instead
- abbr. for 反切[fan3 qie4] phonetic system
- to think back over sth
- to review
- to revisit
- to rethink
- reflection
- reassessment
Trad. 反應
- to react
- to respond
- reaction
- response
- reply
- chemical reaction
- CL:個|个[ge4]
Trad. 反撲
- to counterattack
- to come back after a defeat
- to retrieve lost ground
- to mirror
- to reflect
- mirror image
- reflection
- (fig.) to report
- to make known
- to render
Trad. 肅反
- to eliminate counterrevolutionaries (abbr. for 肅清反革命分子|肃清反革命分子[su4 qing1 fan3 ge2 ming4 fen4 zi3])
- anti-Qing
- refers to the revolutionary movements in late 19th and early 20th century leading up to 1911 Xinhai Revolution 辛亥革命[Xin1 hai4 Ge2 ming4]
- reverse type (white on black)
- reversed-out (graphics)
- highlighting (of selected text on a computer screen)
- (a person's) rebellious appearance
- signs of an impending rebellion
- (physics) reversed phase
- to reflect upon oneself
- to examine one's conscience
- to question oneself
- to search one's soul
- opposing Yuan Shikai 袁世凱|袁世凯[Yuan2 Shi4 kai3] in National Protection War 護國戰爭|护国战争[Hu4 guo2 Zhan4 zheng1] 1915–1916
Trad. 反覆
- repeatedly
- over and over
- to upend
- unstable
- to come and go
- (of an illness) to return
Trad. 反觀
- by contrast
- but as for this...
- viewed from another angle
- subjectively
- introspection
Trad. 反詰
- to ask (a question) in reply
- to answer a question with a question
- rhetorical question
Trad. 反賊
- (imperial China) rebel; traitor
- (post-1949) enemy of the state; counter-revolutionary
- (slang) dissident (used self-referentially, esp. in pro-democracy circles)
Trad. 反轉
- reversal
- inversion
- to reverse
- to invert (upside down, inside out, back to front, white to black etc)
Trad. 反間
- to feed the enemy misinformation through their own spies
- to sow discord in the enemy camp
Trad. 反顧
- to glance back
- (fig.) to regret; to have second thoughts about sth
- (physiognomy) protruding bone at the back of the head, regarded as a sign of a renegade nature
- (Chinese opera) to play a role outside of one's specialty
- (modern) to play a transvestite role
- to masquerade as an opponent
- 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
- to support one's parents in their old age
- to show filial piety
- to to repay
- to return a favor
Trad. 反問
- to ask (a question) in reply
- to answer a question with a question
- rhetorical question
- "Three Anti" campaign (anti-corruption, anti-waste, anti-bureaucracy), early PRC purge of 1951–52
- to redress (an injustice); to rehabilitate (sb whose reputation was unjustly sullied)
- to reflect
- reflection (from a mirror etc)
- reflex (i.e. automatic reaction of organism)
- to instigate (rebellion etc)
- incitement (e.g. to desertion within opposing camp)
Trad. 反彈
- to bounce
- to bounce back
- to boomerang
- to ricochet
- rebound (of stock market etc)
- bounce
- backlash
- negative repercussions
Trad. 反應鍋
- (chemical engineering) reaction vessel; reaction tank
- (colloquial) grapheme 攵 (variant form of Kangxi radical 66, 攴)
Trad. 反映論
- theory of reflection (in dialectic materialism), i.e. every perception reflects physical reality
Trad. 反滲透
- anti-infiltration (measures taken against subversive external forces)
- (chemistry) reverse osmosis
Trad. 反義字
- character with opposite meaning
- antonym
- opposite characters
Trad. 反聖嬰
- La Niña (counterpart of El Niño in meteorology)
Trad. 反腐敗
- to oppose corruption
- anti-graft (measures, policy etc)
Trad. 唱反調
- to express a different view
- to take a different position
- to oppose smuggling
- anti-contraband (measures, policy etc)
Trad. 反過來
- conversely
- in reverse order
- in an opposite direction
Trad. 反間諜
- counterintelligence
- protection against espionage
- (physics) reaction
- (fig.) backlash; unintended consequence
Trad. 反光鏡
- reflector (typically concave, as in a torch)
- mirror (typically plane or convex)
Trad. 逆反應
- reverse reaction
- counterreaction
- inverse response
Trad. 反嘴鷸
- (bird species of China) pied avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta)
Trad. 反圍剿
- communist attack against the Guomindang's encircle and annihilate campaign
Trad. 反壟斷
- to break up or prevent monopolies
- anti-monopoly; antitrust