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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *对* | 对* | *对
right; correct / towards; at; for / concerning; regarding / to treat (sb a certain way) / to face / (bound form) opposite; facing; matching / to match together; to adjust / to fit; to suit / to answer; to reply / to add; to pour in (a fluid) / to check; to compare / classifier: couple; pair
HSK 1
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  *左* | 左* | *左
left / the Left (politics) / east / unorthodox / queer / wrong / differing / opposite / variant of
HSK 1
direct (opposite: indirect 間接|间接) / immediate / straightforward
HSK 2
(sitting) opposite / across (the street) / directly in front / to be face to face
HSK 2
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  *旧* | 旧* | *旧
old / opposite: new / former / worn (with age)
HSK 3
to take the initiative / to do sth of one's own accord / spontaneous / active / opposite: passive 被動|被动 / drive (of gears and shafts etc)
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
opposite / contrary
HSK 4
to oppose / to set sth against / to be antagonistic to / antithetical / relative opposite / opposing / diametrical
HSK 5
(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
HSK 7-9
relatively / opposite / to resist / to oppose / relative / vis-a-vis / counterpart
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *逆* | 逆* | *逆
contrary / opposite / backwards / to go against / to oppose / to betray / to rebel
HSK 7-9
the opposite sex / of the opposite sex / heterosexual / different in nature
HSK 7-9
conversely / in reverse order / in an opposite direction
HSK 7-9
just the opposite
HSK 7-9
the building or room opposite
opposite angle
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *阳* | 阳* | *阳
positive (electric.) / sun / male principle (Taoism) / Yang, opposite: 陰|阴
paperback / plainly packaged / opposite: 精裝|精装
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  *抢* | 抢* | *抢
(literary) to knock against (esp. to knock one's head on the ground in grief or rage) / opposite in direction; contrary
Sichote-Alin mountain range in Russian far east opposite Sakhalin Island
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *明* | 明* | *明
bright / opposite: dark / (of meaning) clear / to understand / next / public or open / wise / generic term for a sacrifice to the gods
opposite direction / reverse
hawk faction (opposite: 鴿派|鸽派, doves) / fierce and combative party / war party / warmongers
hardcover (book) / elaborately packaged / opposite: 簡裝|简装
evil influence / unhealthy trend / (a person's) evil air / aura of wickedness / (TCM) pathogenic energy (opposite: 正氣|正气, vital energy)
opposite bank (of a body of water)
writing style in which the main subject is approached directly from the outset / opposite of 冒題|冒题
oil spill; oil leak / (fig.) boo! (opposite of 加油)
rebellious behavior / opposite / ob-
contrary; opposite; to run counter to
running in opposite direction (buses, trains, ferries etc)
to produce the opposite of the desired result
when things reach an extreme, they can only move in the opposite direction (idiom)
to run in the opposite direction (idiom); to run counter to
(of two vehicles traveling in opposite directions) to pass by each other
in equilibrium / to cancel out (of opposite forces) (physics)
(botany) opposite leaf arrangement / paired leaf arrangement
concept from Vedic astronomy (Sanskrit Ketu), the opposite point to 羅睺|罗睺 / imaginary star presaging disaster
private business / opposite: state-owned enterprise 國有企業|国有企业
dove faction (opposite: 鷹派|鹰派, hawks) / peace party / the faction seeking peace
age when girls start to develop feelings for the opposite sex / puberty
opposite reaction
opposite / antonym / the opposite side (in a conflict)
opposite polarities attract / (fig.) opposite sexes attract / opposites attract
Ludwigshafen am Rhein, German city on the Rhine opposite Mannheim
aphelion, the furthest point of a planet in elliptic orbit to the sun / opposite: perihelion 近日點|近日点 / higher apsis
Sichote-Alin mountain range in Russian far east opposite Sakhalin Island
to do the very opposite / to act in a diametrically opposite way
character with opposite meaning / antonym / opposite characters
Bolshoi Ussuriisk Island in the Heilongjiang or Amur river, at mouth of the Ussuri River opposite Khabarovsk / Heixiazi (black blind man) Island
the north-facing room opposite the master's in a siheyuan 四合院
to settle in court (opposite: 私了)
writing style in which the main subject is not introduced initially (opposite: 破題|破题)
Bolshoi Ussuriisk Island in the Heilongjiang or Amur river, at mouth of the Ussuri River opposite Khabarovsk / same as Heixiazi Island 黑瞎子島|黑瞎子岛
across / opposite / the other side
Bolshoi Ussuriisk Island in the Heilongjiang or Amur river, at mouth of the Ussuri River opposite Khabarovsk / same as Heixiazi Island 黑瞎子島|黑瞎子岛
catty-corner / to be diagonally opposite to
to be perverse and suggestive towards the opposite sex, but shrinking back when provoked to act on it / to have perverted thoughts but no guts to actually do it / to be all talk and no action
lit. gong facing gong, drum opposite drum (idiom) / fig. to come together to thrash out the issue face to face
contrary / opposite
(Internet slang) (of a man) unmarriageable (lit. short, ugly and poor) / opposite: 高富帥|高富帅
lit. new wine in old bottles; fig. new concepts in an old framework / (loan idiom from Matthew 9:17, but fig. meaning is opposite)
wretched feelings (opposite: 樂趣|乐趣, delight)
piece rate wage / remuneration based on one's output / opposite: time rate wage 計時工資|计时工资
payment by the hour; time-rate wages (opposite: piece-rate wage 計件工資|计件工资)
(Chinese legend) a patch of scales on a dragon's neck that grow in the opposite direction, which when touched enrages the dragon / (fig.) sensitive subject or trigger issue that provokes a strong emotional reaction when sb's views on it are challenged
Sichote-Alin mountain range in Russian far east opposite Sakhalin Island
Sichote-Alin mountain range in Russian far east opposite Sakhalin Island


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