"Backward" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 luò hòu to fall behind / to lag (in technology etc) / backward / to retrogress
 xiàng hòu backward
 bù zhǎng jìn not improving / backward / below par
 huí liú to flow back / reflux / circumfluence / refluence / backward flow / returning flow (e.g. of talent)
退 tuì bù to do less well than before / to make a concession / setback / backward step / leeway / room to maneuver / fallback
 hòu kōng fān backward somersault / backflip
 kāi dào chē to drive in reverse / fig. to take a backward step / retrogressive / trying to turn the clock back
 liào to give a backward kick (e.g. of a horse)
 yī qióng èr bái impoverished / backward both economically and culturally
 qián fǔ hòu yǎng to rock one's body backward and forward / to be convulsed (with laughter etc)
 hòu yǎn bì backward masking
 nì xiàng yōng sāi tōng zhī Backward Explicit Congestion Notification / BECN
 hòu fān jīn dǒu backward somersault
 xiàng hòu fān téng backward somersault
 liào juě zi (of mules, horses etc) to kick backward / to kick with the hind legs / fig. to flare up in anger / to display defiance
 yú lòu ignorant and backward
 jīng jì luò hòu economically backward
  National Commission for Backward Classes
 zhì yú to eliminate backward (unscientific) ways of thinking
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