1. lit. navigating a boat against the current (idiom)2. fig. in a tough environment (one needs to work hard)
1. to sail against the current2. (fig.) to go against the flow
1. speech that grates on the ear (idiom); bitter truths2. home truths (that one does not want to hear)
1. to go against the tide (idiom); to do things all wrong2. to try to turn back history3. a perverse way of doing things
lit. violating heaven and reason (idiom); immoral character
reverse flow of 气[qì] (TCM)
1. (astrology) Mercury retrograde (abbr. for 水星逆行[shuǐ xīng nì xíng]); (coll.) to have a period of bad luck2. (TCM) water retention in the abdomen causing the vomiting of liquids as soon as one drinks
(psychology) adversity quotient (abbr. for 逆境商数[nì jìng shāng shù])
1. (literary) to be in defiance of the natural order2. (coll.) extraordinary; incredible
1. invaders (insulting term)2. foreign aggressors
1. to counterattack; to strike back2. (neologism, attested by 2008) (of an underdog) to go on the offensive; to make an improbable comeback
1. (Chinese legend) a patch of scales on a dragon's neck that grow in the opposite direction, which when touched enrages the dragon2. (fig.) sensitive subject or trigger issue that provokes a strong emotional reaction when sb's views on it are challenged
multiplicative inverse (math.)
inverted turn (ornament in music)
1. reverse fault (geology)2. compression fault, where one block pushes over the other at dip of less than 45 degrees
1. to seem to grow younger2. to regain one's youthful looks
belching and retching counterflow (medical term)
equatorial counter current
逆转录病毒 逆轉錄病毒 nì zhuǎn lù bìng dú 1. reverse transcription virus2. retrovirus
顺我者昌逆我者亡 順我者昌逆我者亡 shùn wǒ zhě chāng nì wǒ zhě wáng submit to me and prosper, or oppose me and perish
逆水行舟，不进则退 逆水行舟，不進則退 nì shuǐ xíng zhōu , bù jìn zé tuì like rowing a boat upstream, if you stop moving forward you fall back (idiom)
学如逆水行舟，不进则退 學如逆水行舟，不進則退 xué rú nì shuǐ xíng zhōu , bù jìn zé tuì study is like rowing upstream – if you don't keep pushing forward, you fall behind