nì
contrary
opposite
backwards
to go against
to oppose
to betray
to rebel
nì liú
against the stream
adverse current
a counter-current
fig. reactionary tendency
to go against the trend
nì xíng
to go the wrong way
to go against one-way traffic regulation
nì fǎn
rebellious behavior
opposite
ob-
nì chā
adverse trade balance
trade deficit
kě nì
reversible
(math.) invertible
nì guāng
backlighting (lighting design)
nì xiàng
backwards
reverse direction
nì fēng
to go against the wind
contrary wind
a headwind
pàn nì
to rebel
to revolt
a rebel
nì biàn
reversing (e.g. electric current)
nì shí zhēn
anticlockwise
counterclockwise
mào yì nì chā
trade deficit
adverse trade balance
nì shuǐ
against the current
upstream
nì shuǐ xíng zhōu
lit. a boat going against the current (idiom); fig. you must work harder
nì lái shùn shòu
to resign oneself to adversity (idiom); to grin and bear it
to submit meekly to insults, maltreatment, humiliation etc
nì zhuǎn lù bìng dú
reverse transcription virus
retrovirus
nì ěr
unpleasant to hear
grates on the ear (of home truths)
zhōng yán nì ěr
loyal advice jars on the ears (idiom)
dào xíng nì shī
to go against the tide (idiom); to do things all wrong
to try to turn back history
a perverse way of doing things
mò nì zhī jiāo
intimate friendship
bosom buddies
wéi nì
to disobey
to defy an edict
to violate
to go against
to run counter to
nì yùn suàn
inverse operation
inverse calculation
nì zéi
renegade
traitor and bandit
nì fǎn yìng
reverse reaction
counter-reaction
inverse response
shùn wǒ zhě chāng nì wǒ zhě wáng
submit to me and prosper, or oppose me and perish
nì duàn céng
reverse fault (geology)
compression fault, where one block pushes over the other at dip of less than 45 degrees
xué rú nì shuǐ xíng zhōu , bù jìn zé tuì
Study is like rowing upstream: no advance is to drop back
nì ěr zhī yán
speech that grates on the ear (idiom); bitter truths
home truths (that one does not want to hear)
nì lún
unnatural relationship (parricide, incest etc)
unfilial conduct
against social morals