"Backwards" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 nì xiàng backwards / reverse direction
 dào zhe backwards / in reverse / upside down
 nì contrary / opposite / backwards / to go against / to oppose / to betray / to rebel
 cháo hòu backwards / facing back
 dào shǔ to count backwards (from 10 down to 0) / to count down / from the bottom (lines on a page) / from the back (rows of seats)
 dào liú to flow backwards / reverse flow
 dào chē to reverse (a vehicle) / to drive backwards
 wǎng fù to go and come back / to make a return trip / backwards and forwards (e.g. of piston or pump action) / to reciprocate (of machine part)
 dào guàn to flow backwards (of water, because of flood, tide, wind etc) / reverse flow / to back up (sewage)
 dào to place upside down / to invert / to pour / to throw out / to move backwards / however / actually / as a matter of fact / contrary to expectation
 lái huí lái qù de backwards and forwards
 dào kāi to reverse a vehicle / to drive backwards
 zuò pō kick-back / bribe / to sit leaning backwards (dialect) (slang)
 wǎng fù yùn dòng backwards and forwards action (e.g. of piston or pump) / reciprocating motion
 pīn mìng tǎo hǎo to throw oneself at sb or sth / to bend over backwards to help
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