逆 nì
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nì
adjective
contrary; opposite; backwards; upside down
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 反常 (GHC '逆' 8; Kroll 2015 '逆' 2b) -
nì
verb
to go against; to oppose
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '逆' 2; NCCED '逆' 3) -
nì
verb
to welcome
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 迎接 (GHC '逆' 1; Kroll 2015 '逆' 1) -
nì
verb
to confront; to meet straight on
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '逆' 1a) -
nì
verb
to betray; to rebel
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 叛乱 (GHC '逆' 7; Kroll 2015 '逆' 2a; NCCED '逆' 7) -
nì
verb
to presume; to anticipate
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '逆' 3) -
nì
adverb
beforehand; in advance
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 预先 (GHC '逆' 4; Kroll 2015 '逆' 3; NCCED '逆' 8) -
nì
verb
to receive
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 接受 (GHC '逆' 2; Kroll 2015 '逆' 1) -
nì
verb
to guess; to conjecture
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 揣测 (GHC '逆' 3) -
nì
verb
to resist
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 抵抗 (GHC '逆' 5) -
nì
verb
to disobey
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 忤逆 (GHC '逆' 6; NCCED '逆' 2, 4) -
nì
verb
to present a petition to the emperor
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 上书奏事 (GHC '逆' 6) -
nì
adjective
adverse; unfavorable
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (NCCED '逆' 5) -
nì
noun
a traitor
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (NCCED '逆' 7)
Contained in
- 违逆(違逆) to disobey; to defy an edict; to violate; to go against; to run counter to ; to disobey; to defy an edict; to violate; to go against; to run counter to
- 逆龄(逆齡) anti-aging
- 逆定理 converse theorem
- 逆向 backwards; reverse direction
- 贸易逆差(貿易逆差) trade deficit; adverse trade balance
- 逆行倒施 perversely go against the mainstream
- 逆潮 counter to the tide
- 诛暴讨逆(誅暴討逆) to wipe out the villains (e.g. insurgents, or people of another race)
- 逆料 to foresee; to predict
- 倒行逆施 to go against the tide; to do things all wrong ; perversely go against the mainstream
- 逆运(逆運) bad luck; unlucky fate
- 不可逆转(不可逆轉) irreversible
- 嗳气呕逆(噯氣嘔逆) belching and retching counterflow
- 乘法逆 multiplicative inverse
- 拂逆 to disobey
- 逆运算(逆運算) inverse operation; inverse calculation
- 逆臣 rebellious minister
- 胃食道逆流 gastroesophageal reflux disease; acid reflux
- 逆转(逆轉) to turn back; to reverse
- 逆序 inverse order
- 篡逆 to rebel; to revolt
- 逆反应(逆反應) reverse reaction; counterreaction; inverse response
- 可逆性 reversibility
- 气逆(氣逆) reverse flow of qi
- 忤逆 to disobey; to be disobedient to parents
- 背逆 to violate; to go against
- 逆水行舟,不进则退(逆水行舟,不進則退) like rowing a boat upstream, if you stop moving forward you fall back
- 不可逆 irreversible
- 逆光 backlighting (lighting design)
- 逆袭(逆襲) counterattack
- 逆水 against the current; upstream
- 逆产(逆產) a traitor's property
- 逆斜 anaclinal
- 逆贼(逆賊) renegade; traitor and bandit
- 逆境 adversity; a predicament
- 悖逆 rebelious; disloyal
- 逆子 unfilial son
- 逆断层(逆斷層) reverse fault
- 逆时针(逆時針) anticlockwise; counterclockwise
- 逆转录酶(逆轉錄酶) reverse transcriptase
- 逆心 unfavorable; undesired
- 逆戟鲸(逆戟鯨) (zoo.) orca; killer whale
- 逆映射 inverse map
- 逆反 rebellious; opposite
- 逆行 to go the wrong way ; retrograde motion ; retrogressive ; to go backwards
- 叛逆者 traitor
- 逆变(逆變) reversing (e.g. electric current)
- 莫逆之交 intimate friendship; bosom buddies
- 呃逆 to hiccup; to belch
- 逆水行舟 a boat going against the current; you must work harder
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- 昭公 Lord Zhao The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 40
- 卷三百〇六 列傳第一百九十四 閹黨 焦芳 張綵 顧秉謙 崔呈秀 劉志選 曹欽程 王紹徽 霍維華 閻鳴泰 賈繼春 田爾耕 Volume 306 Biographies 194: Eunuchs - Jiao Fang, Zhang Cai, Gu Bingqian, Cui Chengxiu, Liu Zhixuan, Cao Qincheng, Wang Shaohui, Huo Weihua, Yan Mingtai, Jia Jichun, Tian Ergeng History of Ming 明史 — count: 30
- 卷三百〇八 列傳第一百九十六 奸臣 胡惟庸 陳瑛 嚴嵩 周延儒 溫體仁 馬士英 Volume 308 Biographies 196: Treacherous Officials - Hu Weiyong, Chen Ying, Yan Song, Zhou Yanru, Wen Tiren, Ma ShiYing History of Ming 明史 — count: 28
- 襄公 Lord Xiang The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 25
- 卷七十四 列傳第三十四 臧質 魯爽 沈攸之 Volume 74 Biographies 34: Zang Zhi, Lu Shuang, Shen Youzhi Book of Song 宋書 — count: 24
- 第三 律曆下 曆法 Volume 93: Rhythm and the Calendar Part Three Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 22
- 成公 Lord Cheng The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 20
- 卷九十五 列傳第五十五 索虜 Volume 95 Biographies 55: Suo Lu Book of Song 宋書 — count: 19
- 卷八十九 列傳第五十九 忠義 Volume 89 Biographies 59: Loyalty and Righteousness Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 18
- 卷20 志第15 天文中 Volume 20 Treatises 15: Astronomy 2 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 18
Collocations
- 逆女 (逆女) 紀裂繻來逆女 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 15
- 来逆 (來逆) 紀裂繻來逆女 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 10
- 齐逆 (齊逆) 公子翬如齊逆女 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 桓公 Lord Huan — count: 8
- 逆叔 (逆叔) 莒慶來逆叔姬 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 6
- 逆王后 (逆王后) 遂逆王后于紀 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 桓公 Lord Huan — count: 6
- 逆妇 (逆婦) 鄭公子忽如陳逆婦媯 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 4
- 师逆 (師逆) 左師逆王 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 3
- 逆公子 (逆公子) 衛人逆公子晉于邢 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 3
- 逆命 (逆命) 苗民逆命 — Book of Documents 尚書, 虞書 大禹謨 Yu Shu - Counsels of the Great Yu — count: 3
- 庶民逆 (庶民逆) 庶民逆 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 洪範 Zhou Shu - Great Plan — count: 3