nì​liú'ér​shàng

upstream

逆流而上 nì​liú'ér​shàng
upstream expression
to sail, swim, or move against the physical current of a body of water
defy trends expression
to go against the prevailing flow of events, social trends, or difficulties

Frequency

Written text
0.375 per million

Sources

Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
BCC Corpus (BLCU)