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anyway / in any case / to come over from the enemy's side
HSK 3
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  *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 react / to respond / reaction / response / reply / chemical reaction / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
to ask (a question) in reply / to answer a question with a question / rhetorical question
HSK 6
repeatedly / over and over / to upend / unstable / to come and go / (of an illness) to return
HSK 3
on the contrary; instead
HSK 4
to oppose; to be against; to object to
HSK 3
to resist / to rebel
HSK 6
to violate (a law)
HSK 5
to mirror / to reflect / mirror image / reflection / (fig.) to report / to make known / to render
HSK 4
to think back over sth / to review / to revisit / to rethink / reflection / reassessment
HSK 7-9
anti-terrorism / to fight against terrorism
opposite / contrary
HSK 4
reverse side / backside / the other side (of a problem etc) / negative / bad
HSK 7-9
to reflect light
to counterattack / a counteroffensive
altitude sickness / acute mountain sickness / abbr. to 高反
to send back information / feedback
HSK 7-9
single-lens reflex camera (SLR)
to reflect upon oneself / to examine one's conscience / to question oneself / to search one's soul
HSK 7-9
inhuman
repercussions / reaction / echo
HSK 6
to strike back; to beat back; to counterattack
HSK 7-9
conversely / in reverse order / in an opposite direction
HSK 7-9
to retort / to refute
HSK 7-9
to rebel / to revolt
honor does not allow one to glance back (idiom); duty-bound not to turn back / no surrender / to pursue justice with no second thoughts
on the other hand... / conversely...
just the opposite
HSK 7-9
to plot a rebellion / to conspire against the state
to raise one and infer three / to deduce many things from one case (idiom)
HSK 7-9
to renege / to go back (on a deal) / to back out (of a promise)
positive and negative / pros and cons / inside and outside
to reverse (the score) / to pull off a comeback / to take the lead
to be disgusted with / to dislike / bad reaction / antipathy
HSK 7-9
anti-American
to vary inversely / inversely proportional to
"Three Anti" campaign (anti-corruption, anti-waste, anti-bureaucracy), early PRC purge of 1951–52
anticyclone
(idiom) to fall out with sb; to become enemies
villain (of a drama etc)
reflex / reflection
to oppose corruption / anti-graft (measures, policy etc)
unusual / abnormal
HSK 7-9
rebel faction
old: to reap the consequences of one's words (idiom, from Mencius); modern: to go back on one's word / to blow hot and cold / to contradict oneself / inconsistent
reverse psychology
anti-communist
inverse square law (physics)
final radiance of setting sun / fig. dying flash (of lucidity or activity, prior to demise)
lit. the guest acts as host (idiom); fig. to turn from passive to active behavior
reflectivity / albedo
dystopia
backlash / recoil / reactive force
to fight corruption and advocate probity
opposite direction / reverse
rebel
conditioned reflex
anti-Japan
to respond to an assault by killing one's assailant
irony / ironic remark
rebel; insurgent
to reflect / reflection (from a mirror etc) / reflex (i.e. automatic reaction of organism)
(physics) reaction / (fig.) backlash; unintended consequence
anti-government (protest)
reflex arc
variant of 反覆|反复
HSK 3
equation of a chemical reaction
antitrust (loanword)
(coll.) but on the contrary; but instead
HSK 7-9
to bounce / to bounce back / to boomerang / to ricochet / rebound (of stock market etc) / bounce / backlash / negative repercussions
HSK 7-9
contrast; discrepancy
HSK 7-9
to rebel / to revolt
trans fat / trans-isomer fatty acid
antihero
by contrast / but as for this... / viewed from another angle / subjectively / introspection
allergic reaction / hypersensitive reaction / anaphylaxis
rebellious behavior / opposite / ob-
anti-science / anti-scientific
antitrust legislation
(electronics) inverter; NOT gate
(sports) anti-doping
(idiom) a clever person may become the victim of his own ingenuity; cleverness may overreach itself; too smart for one's own good
to reflect light / reflection / reflected light
reflex action
to turn traitor; to defect
off-season; out-of-season
to turn a hand over / to put one's hand behind one's back / fig. easily done
to turn defeat into victory (idiom); to turn the tide
reflection
antisocial behavior
(imperial China) rebel; traitor / (post-1949) enemy of the state; counter-revolutionary / (slang) dissident (used self-referentially, esp. in pro-democracy circles)
to wear inside out (clothes)
retching / vomiting
unstable / erratic / changeable / fickle
a government official drives the people to revolt (idiom); a minister provokes a rebellion by exploiting the people
Campaign to Suppress Counterrevolutionaries (PRC political campaign from 1950-1952), abbr. for 鎮壓反革命運動|镇压反革命运动

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