挫 折 cuò zhé setback / reverse / check / defeat / frustration / disappointment / to frustrate / to discourage / to set sb back / to blunt / to subdue 扭 转 niǔ zhuǎn to reverse / to turn around (an undesirable situation) / (mechanics) torsion 颠 倒 diān dǎo to turn upside down / to reverse / back to front / confused / deranged / crazy 逆 转 nì zhuǎn to turn back / to reverse 反 向 fǎn xiàng opposite direction / reverse 反 转 fǎn zhuǎn reversal / inversion / to reverse / to invert (upside down, inside out, back to front, white to black etc) 倒 车 dào chē to reverse (a vehicle) / to drive backwards 反 超 fǎn chāo to reverse (the score) / to pull off a comeback / to take the lead 反 contrary / in reverse / inside out or upside down / to reverse / to return / to oppose / opposite / against / anti- / to rebel / to use analogy / instead / abbr. for 反切[fan3 qie4] phonetic system 背 面 bèi miàn the back / the reverse side / the wrong side 反 过 来 fǎn guo lái conversely / in reverse order / in an opposite direction 跌 倒 diē dǎo to tumble / to fall / fig. to suffer a reverse (in politics or business) 倒 退 dào tuì to fall back / to go in reverse 反 面 fǎn miàn reverse side / backside / the other side (of a problem etc) / negative / bad 逆 向 nì xiàng backwards / reverse direction 倒 流 dào liú to flow backwards / reverse flow 扭 亏 niǔ kuī to make good a deficit / to reverse a loss 倒 转 dào zhuǎn to make an about-turn / to reverse one's direction, policy, sequence etc / to turn things on their head 回 天 huí tiān to reverse a desperate situation 倒 着 dào zhe backwards / in reverse / upside down 反 渗 透 fǎn shèn tòu anti-infiltration (measures taken against subversive external forces) / (chemistry) reverse osmosis 逆 反 心 理 nì fǎn xīn lǐ reverse psychology 翻 案 fān àn to reverse a verdict / to present different views on a historical person or verdict 倒 灌 dào guàn to flow backwards (of water, because of flood, tide, wind etc) / reverse flow / to back up (sewage) 开 倒 车 kāi dào chē to drive in reverse / fig. to take a backward step / retrogressive / trying to turn the clock back 倒 果 为 因 dào guǒ wéi yīn to reverse cause and effect / to put the horse before the cart 逆 转 录 酶 nì zhuǎn lù méi reverse transcriptase 倒 序 dào xù reverse order / inverted order 倒 车 挡 dào chē dǎng reverse gear 倒 开 dào kāi to reverse a vehicle / to drive backwards 反 转 录 fǎn zhuǎn lù (molecular biology) reverse transcription 反 录 病 毒 fǎn lù bìng dú reverse transcription virus / retrovirus 打 翻 身 仗 dǎ fān shēn zhàng to work hard towards a turnaround / to fight to reverse sth 拉 米 夫 定 Lā mǐ fū dìng Lamivudine, reverse transcriptase inhibitor marketed by GlaxoSmithKline and widely used in the treatment of hepatitis B and AIDS / brand names include Zeffix, Heptovir, Epivir and Epivir-HBV 挡 位 dǎng wèi (in a manual car) gear (i.e. reverse, neutral, 1st, 2nd etc) / (automatic car) transmission mode (P, R, N, D etc) / (electric fan etc) speed setting 逆 反 应 nì fǎn yìng reverse reaction / counterreaction / inverse response 逆 断 层 nì duàn céng reverse fault (geology) / compression fault, where one block pushes over the other at dip of less than 45 degrees 逆 转 录 病 毒 nì zhuǎn lù bìng dú reverse transcription virus / retrovirus 逆 渗 透 nì shèn tòu reverse osmosis 反 转 录 酶 reverse transcriptase 逆 爆 破 nì bào pò reverse shot 技 术 反 向 转 让 政 府 专 家 会 议 Meeting of Governmental Experts on the Reverse Transfer of Technology 核 苷 类 逆 转 录 酶 抑 制 剂 nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor 逆 渗 透 净 水 器 nì shèn tòu jìng shuǐ qì reverse osmosis water purification unit 反 转 录 聚 合 酶 链 反 应 Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; 反 向 否 决 reverse veto 反 转 录 酶 抑 制 剂 reverse transcriptase inhibitor 技 术 反 向 转 让 问 题 政 府 专 家 组 Group of Governmental Experts on Reverse Transfer of Technology 技 术 反 向 转 让 机 构 间 小 组 Inter-Agency Group on Reverse Transfer of Technology 技 术 反 向 转 让 reverse transfer of technology 反 向 诱 捕 行 动 reverse sting operation 反 向 歧 视 reverse discrimination 反 白 fǎn bái reverse type (white on black) / reversed-out (graphics) / highlighting (of selected text on a computer screen) 气 逆 qì nì reverse flow of 氣|气[qi4] (TCM) 冲 账 chōng zhàng (accounting) to strike a balance / to reverse an entry / to write off 由 俭 入 奢 易 ， 由 奢 入 俭 难 yóu jiǎn rù shē yì , yóu shē rù jiǎn nán it is easy to go from frugality to extravagance / the reverse is not so easy (idiom) 倒 转 dào zhuàn (of time, or a video clip etc) to run in reverse / Taiwan pr. [dao4 zhuan3]
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