逆 (w)

(nì) contrary; opposite; backwards; to go against; to oppose; to betray; to rebel

逆来顺受 (w)

(nìláishùnshòu) to resign oneself to adversity (idiom); to grin and bear it; to submit meekly to insults, maltreatment, humiliation etc

逆伦 (w)

(nìlún) unnatural relationship (parricide, incest etc); unfilial conduct; against social morals

逆光 (w)

(nìguāng) backlighting (lighting design)

逆反 (w)

(nìfǎn) rebellious behavior; opposite; ob-

逆反心理 (w)

(nìfǎnxīnlǐ) reverse psychology

逆反应 (w)

(nìfǎnyìng) reverse reaction; counter-reaction; inverse response

逆向 (w)

(nìxiàng) backwards; reverse direction

逆向拥塞通知 (w)

(nìxiàngyōngsāitōngzhī) Backward Explicit Congestion Notification; BECN

逆喻 (w)

(nìyù) oxymoron

逆回音 (w)

(nìhuíyīn) inverted turn (ornament in music)

逆境 (w)

(nìjìng) adversity; predicament

逆夷 (w)

(nìyí) invaders (insulting term); foreign aggressors

逆子 (w)

(nìzǐ) unfilial son

逆定理 (w)

(nìdìnglǐ) converse theorem (math.)

逆差 (w)

(nìchā) adverse trade balance; trade deficit

逆序 (w)

(nìxù) inverse order

逆心 (w)

(nìxīn) unfavorable; undesired

逆戟鲸 (w)

(nìjǐjīng) (zoo.) orca; killer whale

逆料 (w)

(nìliào) to foresee; to predict

逆断层 (w)

(nìduàncéng) reverse fault (geology); compression fault, where one block pushes over the other at dip of less than 45 degrees

逆旅 (w)

(nìlǚ) guest-house; inn

逆映射 (w)

(nìyìngshè) inverse map (math.)

逆时针 (w)

(nìshízhēn) anticlockwise; counterclockwise

逆水 (w)

(nìshuǐ) against the current; upstream

逆水行舟 (w)

(nìshuǐxíngzhōu) lit. a boat going against the current (idiom); fig. you must work harder

逆流 (w)

(nìliú) against the stream; adverse current; a counter-current; fig. reactionary tendency; to go against the trend

逆流溯源 (w)

(nìliúsùyuán) to go back to the source

逆产 (w)

(nìchǎn) traitor's property; breech delivery

逆耳 (w)

(nìěr) unpleasant to hear; grates on the ear (of home truths)

逆耳之言 (w)

(nìěrzhīyán) speech that grates on the ear (idiom); bitter truths; home truths (that one does not want to hear)

逆臣 (w)

(nìchén) rebellious minister

逆行 (w)

(nìxíng) to go the wrong way; to go against one-way traffic regulation

逆行倒施 (w)

(nìxíngdǎoshī) to go against the tide (idiom); to do things all wrong; to try to turn back history; a perverse way of doing things

逆变 (w)

(nìbiàn) reversing (e.g. electric current)

逆贼 (w)

(nìzéi) renegade; traitor and bandit

逆转 (w)

(nìzhuǎn) to turn back; to reverse

逆转录病毒 (w)

(nìzhuǎnlùbìngdú) reverse transcription virus; retrovirus

逆转录酶 (w)

(nìzhuǎnlùméi) reverse transcriptase

逆运 (w)

(nìyùn) bad luck; unlucky fate

逆运算 (w)

(nìyùnsuàn) inverse operation; inverse calculation

逆风 (w)

(nìfēng) to go against the wind; contrary wind; a headwind