逆 nì

1. 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)
2. nì verb to go against; to oppose
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '逆' 2; NCCED '逆' 3)
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)
4. nì verb to confront; to meet straight on
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '逆' 1a)
5. 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)
6. nì verb to presume; to anticipate
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '逆' 3)
7. 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)
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)
9. nì verb to guess; to conjecture
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 揣测 (GHC '逆' 3)
10. nì verb to resist
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 抵抗 (GHC '逆' 5)
11. nì verb to disobey
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 忤逆 (GHC '逆' 6; NCCED '逆' 2, 4)
12. 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)
13. nì adjective adverse; unfavorable
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (NCCED '逆' 5)
14. nì noun a traitor
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (NCCED '逆' 7)

Contained in

• 逆时针(逆時針) anticlockwise; counterclockwise
• 逆映射 inverse map
• 逆喻 oxymoron
• 逆流 reverse flow; counter-current ; against the current ; out of accordance with the general trend
• 倒行逆施 to go against the tide; to do things all wrong ; perversely go against the mainstream
• 逆光 backlighting (lighting design)
• 逆产(逆產) a traitor's property
• 莫逆之交 intimate friendship; bosom buddies
• 赤道逆流 equatorial counter current
• 忠言逆耳 honest advice, although unpleasant to the ear, induces good conduct
• 逆运算(逆運算) inverse operation; inverse calculation
• 逆胡 offensive barbarians
• 胃食道逆流 gastroesophageal reflux disease; acid reflux
• 逆向 backwards; reverse direction
• 气逆(氣逆) reverse flow of qi
• 逆水 against the current; upstream
• 贸易逆差(貿易逆差) trade deficit; adverse trade balance
• 不可逆 irreversible
• 逆变(逆變) reversing (e.g. electric current)
• 大逆不道 disgraceful (of behavior that is unfilial, rebellious or otherwise in grave breach of the norms of society)
• 五行顺逆(五行順逆) the five elements act with and against each other
• 逆反 rebellious; opposite
• 篡逆 to rebel; to revolt
• 逆流溯源 to go back to the source
• 逆行倒施 perversely go against the mainstream
• 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
• 逆定理 converse theorem
• 逆转(逆轉) to turn back; to reverse
• 逆夷 invaders (insulting term); foreign aggressors
• 呃逆 to hiccup; to belch
• 逆龄(逆齡) anti-aging
• 逆向思考 using reverse logic for reasoning
• 逆斜 anaclinal
• 逆耳 to be unpleasant to hear
• 逆生长(逆生長) to seem to grow younger; to regain one's youthful looks
• 逆臣 rebellious minister
• 逆袭(逆襲) counterattack
• 逆来顺受(逆來順受) to resign oneself to adversity; to grin and bear it
• 诛暴讨逆(誅暴討逆) to wipe out the villains (e.g. insurgents, or people of another race)
• 逆序 inverse order
• 逆伦(逆倫) unnatural relationship (parricide, incest etc); unfilial conduct; against social morals
• 拂逆 to disobey
• 顺我者昌逆我者亡(順我者昌逆我者亡) submit to me and prosper, or oppose me and perish
• 逆戟鲸(逆戟鯨) (zoo.) orca; killer whale
• 逆火 to backfire
• 逆差 an adverse trade balance; a trade deficit
• 逆运(逆運) bad luck; unlucky fate
• 叛逆 to rebel; to revolt; to disobey
• 逆料 to foresee; to predict
• 逆流而上 to sail against the current; to go against the flow

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迎逆

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Truncated for common words

• 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20　志第15 天文中 Volume 20 Treatises 15: Astronomy 2 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 18
• 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

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
• 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: 11
• 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
• 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
• 逆王 (逆王) 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
• 子逆 (子逆) 宣子逆諸階 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 3
• 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
• 请逆 (請逆) 趙姬請逆盾與其母 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 3