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HSK
anyway / in any case / to come over from the enemy's side
HSK 3
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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
to react / to respond / reaction / response / reply / chemical reaction / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
repeatedly / over and over / to upend / unstable / to come and go / (of an illness) to return
HSK 3
to oppose; to be against; to object to
HSK 3
on the contrary; instead
HSK 4
to violate (a law)
HSK 5
to resist / to rebel
HSK 6
to ask (a question) in reply / to answer a question with a question / rhetorical question
HSK 6
to mirror / to reflect / mirror image / reflection / (fig.) to report / to make known / to render
HSK 4
to think back over sth / to review / to revisit / to rethink / reflection / reassessment
HSK 7-9
to send back information / feedback
HSK 7-9
anti-terrorism / to fight against terrorism
opposite / contrary
HSK 4
bring order out of chaos / set to rights things which have been thrown into disorder
reverse side / backside / the other side (of a problem etc) / negative / bad
HSK 7-9
to strike back; to beat back; to counterattack
HSK 7-9
repercussions / reaction / echo
HSK 6
to reflect light
anti-missile
to counterattack / a counteroffensive
backhoe
to ask (a question) in reply / to answer a question with a question / rhetorical question
to raise one and infer three / to deduce many things from one case (idiom)
HSK 7-9
to oppose corruption / anti-graft (measures, policy etc)
antonym
reductio ad absurdum / arguing by contradiction / also called 反證法|反证法
conversely / in reverse order / in an opposite direction
HSK 7-9
to reflect upon oneself / to examine one's conscience / to question oneself / to search one's soul
HSK 7-9
to rebel / to revolt
on the other hand... / conversely...
just the opposite
HSK 7-9
to retort / to refute
HSK 7-9
when things reach an extreme, they can only move in the opposite direction (idiom)
reaction / reactionary
to renege / to go back (on a deal) / to back out (of a promise)
positive and negative / pros and cons / inside and outside
to reverse (the score) / to pull off a comeback / to take the lead
anti-party
reactor core
to be disgusted with / to dislike / bad reaction / antipathy
HSK 7-9
anti-American
to express a different view / to take a different position
to vary inversely / inversely proportional to
"Three Anti" campaign (anti-corruption, anti-waste, anti-bureaucracy), early PRC purge of 1951–52
irony / to satirize
to respond to an assault by killing one's assailant
anticyclone
anti-infiltration (measures taken against subversive external forces) / (chemistry) reverse osmosis
(idiom) to fall out with sb; to become enemies
immune response
opposition (political) party
villain (of a drama etc)
rhetorical question
old: to reap the consequences of one's words (idiom, from Mencius); modern: to go back on one's word / to blow hot and cold / to contradict oneself / inconsistent
reflex / reflection
unusual / abnormal
HSK 7-9
rebel faction
irony / ironic remark
single-lens reflex camera (SLR)
reverse psychology
anti-communist
inverse square law (physics)
variant of 反覆|反复
HSK 3
final radiance of setting sun / fig. dying flash (of lucidity or activity, prior to demise)
to bounce / to bounce back / to boomerang / to ricochet / rebound (of stock market etc) / bounce / backlash / negative repercussions
HSK 7-9
to turn defeat into victory (idiom); to turn the tide
(technology) response time
backlash / recoil / reactive force
complete change from the normal state (idiom); quite uncharacteristic / entirely outside the norm / out of character
reflectivity / albedo
to fight corruption and advocate probity
opposite direction / reverse
rebel
anticorruption
reversal / inversion / to reverse / to invert (upside down, inside out, back to front, white to black etc)
retrovirus
to oppose strongly / violently opposed to
honor does not allow one to glance back (idiom); duty-bound not to turn back / no surrender / to pursue justice with no second thoughts
reflector
anti-Japan
rebel; insurgent
to reflect / reflection (from a mirror etc) / reflex (i.e. automatic reaction of organism)
(physics) reaction / (fig.) backlash; unintended consequence
anti-government (protest)
reactionaries
reflex arc
to break up or prevent monopolies / anti-monopoly; antitrust
counterintelligence / protection against espionage
inhuman
conditioned reflex
anti-dumping
reflector (typically concave, as in a torch) / mirror (typically plane or convex)
antitrust (loanword)
anti-ship missile
irony
(coll.) but on the contrary; but instead
HSK 7-9
anti-war
contrast; discrepancy
HSK 7-9

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