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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
repeatedly / over and over / to upend / unstable / to come and go / (of an illness) to return
HSK 3
to oppose; to be against; to object to
HSK 3
on the contrary; instead
HSK 4
to resist / to rebel
HSK 6
to ask (a question) in reply / to answer a question with a question / rhetorical question
HSK 6
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
to send back information / feedback
HSK 7-9
anti-terrorism / to fight against terrorism
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
repercussions / reaction / echo
HSK 6
to reflect light
anti-missile
to counterattack / a counteroffensive
backhoe
to ask (a question) in reply / to answer a question with a question / rhetorical question
to oppose corruption / anti-graft (measures, policy etc)
antonym
conversely / in reverse order / in an opposite direction
HSK 7-9
to reflect upon oneself / to examine one's conscience / to question oneself / to search one's soul
HSK 7-9
to rebel / to revolt
on the other hand... / conversely...
to retort / to refute
HSK 7-9
reaction / reactionary
to renege / to go back (on a deal) / to back out (of a promise)
to reverse (the score) / to pull off a comeback / to take the lead
anti-party
reactor core
to be disgusted with / to dislike / bad reaction / antipathy
HSK 7-9
anti-American
irony / to satirize
to respond to an assault by killing one's assailant
anticyclone
anti-infiltration (measures taken against subversive external forces) / (chemistry) reverse osmosis
(idiom) to fall out with sb; to become enemies
opposition (political) party
villain (of a drama etc)
rhetorical question
reflex / reflection
unusual / abnormal
HSK 7-9
irony / ironic remark
anti-communist
variant of 反覆|反复
HSK 3
to bounce / to bounce back / to boomerang / to ricochet / rebound (of stock market etc) / bounce / backlash / negative repercussions
HSK 7-9
to turn defeat into victory (idiom); to turn the tide
(technology) response time
backlash / recoil / reactive force
reflectivity / albedo
to fight corruption and advocate probity
opposite direction / reverse
rebel
anticorruption
reversal / inversion / to reverse / to invert (upside down, inside out, back to front, white to black etc)
retrovirus
reflector
anti-Japan
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)
reactionaries
reflex arc
to break up or prevent monopolies / anti-monopoly; antitrust
counterintelligence / protection against espionage
inhuman
anti-dumping
reflector (typically concave, as in a torch) / mirror (typically plane or convex)
antitrust (loanword)
anti-ship missile
irony
(coll.) but on the contrary; but instead
HSK 7-9
anti-war
contrast; discrepancy
HSK 7-9
trans fat / trans-isomer fatty acid
dystopia
anti-science / anti-scientific
(imperial China) rebel; traitor / (post-1949) enemy of the state; counter-revolutionary / (slang) dissident (used self-referentially, esp. in pro-democracy circles)
antihero
locked in (with the door locked from the outside)
crimes against humanity
(electronics) inverter; NOT gate
counterclaim
war on terrorism
reactor
tone of one's voice when asking a rhetorical question
to reflect light / reflection / reflected light
to turn traitor; to defect
antiwar protest
to turn a hand over / to put one's hand behind one's back / fig. easily done
reflection
communist attack against the Guomindang's encircle and annihilate campaign
retching / vomiting
counterclockwise
whether it's right or wrong doesn't make a lot of difference / six of one and half a dozen of the other / as broad as it is long
Anti-Rightist Movement, Mao's purge of "rightists" after the Hundred Flowers Campaign ended in 1957

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