相反相成
xiāng​fǎn​xiāng​chéng

opposite yet complementary

  • created sense approved 相反相成 · xiāng​fǎn​xiāng​chéng · opposite yet complementary — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    相反相成

    xiāng​fǎn​xiāng​chéng

    opposite yet complementary

    describes two things that are mutually opposed but also depend on or complement each other under certain conditions

    相反 (literal) → 相反 · xiāng​fǎn · opposite 相成 (literal) → 相成 · xiāng​chéng · to complement each other

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense