逆行倒施
nì​xíng​dào​shī

to go against the tide

  • created reference approved 逆行倒施 → 倒行逆施 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    逆行倒施 nì​xíng​dào​shī

    倒行逆施 dào​xíng​nì​shī

    same_as

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 逆行倒施 · nì​xíng​dào​shī · to go against the tide — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    逆行倒施

    nì​xíng​dào​shī

    to go against the tide

    (idiom) to act against reason or common sense; to behave perversely or do things all wrong; to try to turn back the wheels of history

    逆行 (literal) → 逆行 · nì​xíng · to go against the grain 倒 (literal) → 倒 · dào · inverted 施 (literal) → 施 · shī · to carry out

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

    created sense