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HSK
to react / to respond / reaction / response / reply / chemical reaction / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
to oppose; to be against; to object to
HSK 3
repeatedly / over and over / to upend / unstable / to come and go / (of an illness) to return
HSK 3
variant of 反覆|反复
HSK 3
anyway / in any case / to come over from the enemy's side
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *反* | 反* | *反
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 phonetic system
HSK 4
to mirror / to reflect / mirror image / reflection / (fig.) to report / to make known / to render
HSK 4
on the contrary; instead
HSK 4
opposite / contrary
HSK 4
to violate (a law)
HSK 5
to resist / to rebel
HSK 6
repercussions / reaction / echo
HSK 6
to ask (a question) in reply / to answer a question with a question / rhetorical question
HSK 6
reverse side / backside / the other side (of a problem etc) / negative / bad
HSK 7-9
to strike back; to beat back; to counterattack
HSK 7-9
to bounce / to bounce back / to boomerang / to ricochet / rebound (of stock market etc) / bounce / backlash / negative repercussions
HSK 7-9
to send back information / feedback
HSK 7-9
to think back over sth / to review / to revisit / to rethink / reflection / reassessment
HSK 7-9
to retort / to refute
HSK 7-9
to be disgusted with / to dislike / bad reaction / antipathy
HSK 7-9
to raise one and infer three / to deduce many things from one case (idiom)
HSK 7-9
(coll.) but on the contrary; but instead
HSK 7-9
conversely / in reverse order / in an opposite direction
HSK 7-9
unusual / abnormal
HSK 7-9
contrast; discrepancy
HSK 7-9
to reflect upon oneself / to examine one's conscience / to question oneself / to search one's soul
HSK 7-9
just the opposite
HSK 7-9
antonym
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *切* | 切* | *切
definitely; absolutely (not) / (scoffing or dismissive interjection) Yeah, right.; Tut! / to grind / (bound form) close to / (bound form) eager / to correspond to / (used to indicate that the fanqie 反切 system should be applied to the previous two characters)
to take countermeasures against / to hit back / to counter
inhuman
reversal / inversion / to reverse / to invert (upside down, inside out, back to front, white to black etc)
conditioned reflex
to reflect / reflection (from a mirror etc) / reflex (i.e. automatic reaction of organism)
villain (of a drama etc)
on the other hand... / conversely...
positive and negative / pros and cons / inside and outside
anti-terrorism / to fight against terrorism
stress (abbr. for 應激反應|应激反应)
opposite direction / reverse
to rebel / to revolt
to rebel / to revolt
to counterattack / a counteroffensive
counterexample
anti-corruption (policy)
to turn defeat into victory (idiom); to turn the tide
to reflect light
anti-intellectualism
to quarrel / to fall out with sb
rebellious behavior / opposite / ob-
to sentence the accuser (and free the falsely accused defendant)
(idiom) to fall out with sb; to become enemies
retching / vomiting
to backfire on; to rebound on
inversely proportional / inverse ratio
to fight corruption and advocate probity
to turn a hand over / to put one's hand behind one's back / fig. easily done
to ruminate / to chew the cud
to instigate (rebellion etc) / incitement (e.g. to desertion within opposing camp)
to produce the opposite of the desired result
heavy water reactor (HWR)
to be anti-imperialist
to renege / to go back (on a deal) / to back out (of a promise)
to support one's parents in their old age / to show filial piety / to to repay / to return a favor
lit. the guest acts as host (idiom); fig. to turn from passive to active behavior
when things reach an extreme, they can only move in the opposite direction (idiom)
the side opposed to the proposition (in a formal debate)
(Chinese opera) to play a role outside of one's specialty / (modern) to play a transvestite role / to masquerade as an opponent
locked in (with the door locked from the outside)
to counterattack / to come back after a defeat / to retrieve lost ground
complete change from the normal state (idiom); quite uncharacteristic / entirely outside the norm / out of character
anti-submarine / antisubmarine
unstable / erratic / changeable / fickle
easy as a hand's turn (idiom); very easy / no effort at all
reflection
irony / ironic remark
anti-corruption
anti-party
"Three Anti" campaign (anti-corruption, anti-waste, anti-bureaucracy), early PRC purge of 1951-52
to feed the enemy misinformation through their own spies / to sow discord in the enemy camp
counterclaim / countercharge (law)
to seek the cause in oneself rather than sb else
to express a different view / to take a different position
anti-communist
to glance back / (fig.) to regret; to have second thoughts about sth
(idiom) to answer back sarcastically; to retort
a government official drives the people to revolt (idiom); a minister provokes a rebellion by exploiting the people
to toss and turn restlessly (in the bed)
to eliminate counterrevolutionaries (abbr. for 肅清反革命分子|肃清反革命分子)
light water (as opposed to heavy water) / see light water reactor 輕水反應堆|轻水反应堆
to ask (a question) in reply / to answer a question with a question / rhetorical question
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
introspection / to ask oneself
irony
(PRC) teacher by negative example / sb from whom one can learn what not to do
to introspect / to self-reflect / (math.) reflexive
reductio ad absurdum / arguing by contradiction / also called 反證法|反证法
with hands behind one's back / trussed
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  *垿* | 垿* | *垿
earthern goblet stand also known as 反坫 (old) / old variant of
to vary inversely / inversely proportional to

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