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dào to invert; to place upside down or frontside back / to pour out / to tip out; to dump / inverted; upside down; reversed / to go backward / contrary to what one might expect; but; yet
fǎn 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
倒是 dào shi contrary to what one might expect / actually / contrariwise / why don't you
piān to lean / to slant / oblique / prejudiced / to deviate from average / to stray from the intended line / stubbornly / contrary to expectations
反而 fǎn ér on the contrary; instead
相反 xiāng fǎn opposite / contrary
guāi (of a child) obedient, well-behaved / clever / shrewd / alert / perverse / contrary to reason / irregular / abnormal
违背 wéi bèi to go against / to be contrary to / to violate
偏偏 piān piān (indicating that sth turns out just the opposite of what one would wish) unfortunately; as it happened / (indicating that sth is the opposite of what would be normal or reasonable) stubbornly; contrarily; against reason / (indicating that sb or a group is singled out) precisely; only; of all people
事与愿违 shì yuàn wéi things turn out contrary to the way one wishes (idiom)
反倒 fǎn dào (coll.) but on the contrary; but instead
to enclose / to cover with the hand (one's eyes, nose or ears) / to cover up (an affair) / contrary / to contradict
不期然而然 rán ér rán happen unexpectedly / turn out contrary to one's expectations
与狐谋皮 móu (idiom) to ask sb to act contrary to their own interests (original form of the expression 與虎謀皮|与虎谋皮[yu3 hu3 mou2 pi2])
意料之外 liào zhī wài (idiom) contrary to expectation; unexpected
相悖 xiāng bèi contrary; opposite; to run counter to
ào (bound form) intractable; contrary; disobedient
niù stubborn; perverse; contrary
悖逆 bèi contrary
与虎谋皮 móu lit. to negotiate with a tiger for its pelt (idiom); fig. to ask sb to act contrary to their own interests
拧巴 nǐng ba (dialect) awkward; uncomfortable / (dialect) obstinate; contrary; argumentative
折节读书 zhé jié shū to start reading furiously, contrary to previous habit (idiom)
偏宕 piān dàng extremely (stubborn, contrary, disobedient etc)
一反往常 fǎn wǎng cháng (idiom) contrary to what usually happens
bèi to go against / to be contrary to / perverse / rebellious


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