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Frequency data: Cai & Brysbaert, SUBTLEX-CH (2010), Creative Commons Attribution. The data includes word forms with at least 10 occurrences in an older subtitle sample. It does not provide current frequency or HSK levels. Absence from the sample does not establish that a word is rare. Names, variants and restricted readings identified in the source appear after general-use entries within the same match type.

反之亦然fǎn zhī yì rán

vice versa

反过来说fǎn guò lái shuō

on the other hand

反败为胜fǎn bài wéi shèng

to turn defeat into victory (idiom) / to turn the tide

反方fǎn fāng

the side opposed to the proposition (in a formal debate)

反刍fǎn chú

to ruminate / to chew the cud

反作用fǎn zuò yòng

(physics) reaction / (fig.) backlash / unintended consequence

反手fǎn shǒu

to turn a hand over / to put one's hand behind one's back / fig. easily done

反证fǎn zhèng

disproof / rebuttal / reductio ad absurdum

反光镜fǎn guāng jìng

reflector (typically concave, as in a torch) / mirror (typically plane or convex)

反面教材fǎn miàn jiào cái

negative example / sth that teaches one what not to do

反其道而行之fǎn qí dào ér xíng zhī

to do the very opposite / to act in a diametrically opposite way

反义词fǎn yì cí

antonym

化学反应huà xué fǎn yìng

chemical reaction

造反zào fǎn

to rebel / to revolt

易如反掌yì rú fǎn zhǎng

easy as a hand's turn (idiom) / very easy / no effort at all

唱反调chàng fǎn diào

to express a different view / to take a different position

连锁反应lián suǒ fǎn yìng

(physics) chain reaction / (idiom) chain reaction / series of events each caused by the previous one

核反应堆hé fǎn yìng duī

nuclear reactor

条件反射tiáo jiàn fǎn shè

conditioned reflex

义无反顾yì wú fǎn gù

honor does not allow one to glance back (idiom) / duty-bound not to turn back / no surrender / to pursue justice with no second thoughts

适得其反shì dé qí fǎn

to produce the opposite of the desired result

谋反móu fǎn

to plot a rebellion / to conspire against the state

出尔反尔chū ěr fǎn ěr

old: to reap the consequences of one's words (idiom, from Mencius) / modern: to go back on one's word / to blow hot and cold / to contradict oneself / inconsistent

拨乱反正bō luàn fǎn zhèng

bring order out of chaos / set to rights things which have been thrown into disorder

平反píng fǎn

to redress (an injustice) / to rehabilitate (sb whose reputation was unjustly sullied)

逆反心理nì fǎn xīn lǐ

reverse psychology

正反zhèng fǎn

positive and negative / pros and cons / inside and outside

反串fǎn chuàn

(Chinese opera) to play a role outside of one's specialty / (modern) to play a transvestite role / to masquerade as an opponent

反人道罪fǎn rén dào zuì

a crime against humanity

反人道罪行fǎn rén dào zuì xíng

crime against humanity

反人类fǎn rén lèi

inhuman

反人类罪fǎn rén lèi zuì

crimes against humanity

反作用力fǎn zuò yòng lì

(physics) reaction force

反例fǎn lì

counterexample

反侧fǎn cè

to toss and turn

反传算法fǎn chuán suàn fǎ

back propagation algorithm

反倾销fǎn qīng xiāo

anti-dumping

反光面fǎn guāng miàn

reflecting surface

反共fǎn gòng

anti-communist

反函数fǎn hán shù

inverse function (math.)

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