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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
相反 xiāng fǎn opposite / contrary
反而 fǎn ér on the contrary; instead
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
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
违背 wéi bèi to go against / to be contrary to / to violate
to enclose / to cover with the hand (one's eyes, nose or ears) / to cover up (an affair) / contrary / to contradict
contrary / opposite / backwards / to go against / to oppose / to betray / to rebel
反倒 fǎn dào but on the contrary / but expectedly
guāi (of a child) obedient, well-behaved / clever / shrewd / alert / perverse / contrary to reason / irregular / abnormal
意料之外 liào zhī wài (idiom) contrary to expectation; unexpected
qiāng (literary) to knock against (esp. to knock one's head on the ground in grief or rage) / opposite in direction; contrary
hěn to act contrary to
逆风 fēng to go against the wind / contrary wind / a headwind
事与愿违 shì yuàn wéi things turn out contrary to the way one wishes (idiom)
bèi to go against / to be contrary to / perverse / rebellious
相悖 xiāng bèi contrary; opposite; to run counter to
qiāng contrary / pushing against / bump / knock / used as equivalent for 搶|抢[qiang1]
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
拂逆 to go against / to do sth contrary to (sb's wishes)
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[yu3hu3-mou2pi2])
to disobey / contrary / against / to go against / to violate / obscure character, possibly variant of 惡|恶[e4]


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