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HSK
anyway / in any case / to come over from the enemy's side
HSK 3
to react / to respond / reaction / response / reply / chemical reaction / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
to oppose; to be against; to object to
HSK 3
repeatedly / over and over / to upend / unstable / to come and go / (of an illness) to return
HSK 3
variant of 反覆|反复
HSK 3
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  *反* | 反* | *反
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 mirror / to reflect / mirror image / reflection / (fig.) to report / to make known / to render
HSK 4
on the contrary; instead
HSK 4
repercussions / reaction / echo
HSK 6
to resist / to rebel
HSK 6
to ask (a question) in reply / to answer a question with a question / rhetorical question
HSK 6
to strike back; to beat back; to counterattack
HSK 7-9
to bounce / to bounce back / to boomerang / to ricochet / rebound (of stock market etc) / bounce / backlash / negative repercussions
HSK 7-9
to send back information / feedback
HSK 7-9
contrast; discrepancy
HSK 7-9
to think back over sth / to review / to revisit / to rethink / reflection / reassessment
HSK 7-9
to retort / to refute
HSK 7-9
reverse side / backside / the other side (of a problem etc) / negative / bad
HSK 7-9
to be disgusted with / to dislike / bad reaction / antipathy
HSK 7-9
but on the contrary / but expectedly
HSK 7-9
conversely / in reverse order / in an opposite direction
HSK 7-9
unusual / abnormal
HSK 7-9
to reflect upon oneself / to examine one's conscience / to question oneself / to search one's soul
HSK 7-9
antonym
to reflect / reflection (from a mirror etc) / reflex (i.e. automatic reaction of organism)
villain (of a drama etc)
on the other hand... / conversely...
reversal / inversion / to reverse / to invert (upside down, inside out, back to front, white to black etc)
anti-terrorism / to fight against terrorism
opposite direction / reverse
to rebel / to revolt
to counterattack / a counteroffensive
counterexample
the side opposed to the proposition (in a formal debate)
to renege / to go back (on a deal) / to back out (of a promise)
(physiognomy) protruding bone at the back of the head, regarded as a sign of a renegade nature
anti-corruption (policy)
to turn defeat into victory (idiom); to turn the tide
to reflect light
to quarrel / to fall out with sb
to sentence the accuser (and free the falsely accused defendant)
(idiom) to fall out with sb; to become enemies
inversely proportional / inverse ratio
retching / vomiting
to fight corruption and advocate probity
to turn a hand over / to put one's hand behind one's back / fig. easily done
anti-communist
to ruminate / to chew the cud
to backfire on; to rebound on
to be anti-imperialist
to support one's parents in their old age / to show filial piety / to to repay / to return a favor
lit. the guest acts as host (idiom); fig. to turn from passive to active behavior
disproof / rebuttal / reductio ad absurdum
(Chinese opera) to play a role outside of one's specialty / (modern) to play a transvestite role / to masquerade as an opponent
locked in (with the door locked from the outside)
to counterattack / to come back after a defeat / to retrieve lost ground
anti-submarine / antisubmarine
reflection
irony / ironic remark
anti-corruption
anti-party
to feed the enemy misinformation through their own spies / to sow discord in the enemy camp
counterclaim / countercharge (law)
to seek the cause in oneself rather than sb else
unstable / erratic / changeable / fickle
to glance back / (fig.) to regret; to have second thoughts about sth
(idiom) to answer back sarcastically; to retort
anti-rightist / abbr. for 反右派鬥爭|反右派斗争
with hands behind one's back / trussed
to ask (a question) in reply / to answer a question with a question / rhetorical question
traditional system expressing the phonetic value of a Chinese character using two other characters, the first for the initial consonant, the second for the rhyme and tone
introspection / to ask oneself
irony
(PRC) teacher by negative example / sb from whom one can learn what not to do
anti-Japan
anti-Qing / refers to the revolutionary movements in late 19th and early 20th century leading up to 1911 Xinhai Revolution 辛亥革命
to reverse (the score) / to pull off a comeback / to take the lead
vice versa
counterrevolutionary
reflex angle
bad guy (in a story) / villain
to turn around
anti-nuclear (e.g. protest)
lit. to turn over one's palm / fig. everything is going very well.
reflexive pronoun
trans- (isomer) (chemistry) / see also 順式|顺式
anti-English
(technology) response time
to correct oneself / to renege / to break one's word
to reflect light / reflection / reflected light
to oppose corruption / anti-graft (measures, policy etc)
on the other hand
dystopia
repeatedly / time and time again
backslash (computing)
anti-missile system / missile defense system
antisocial (behavior)
antimatter
reflector

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