倒行逆施 — Chinese idiom
倒行逆施
dào xíng nì shī
Meaning
- to go against the tide ; to do things all wrong
- to try to turn back history
- a perverse way of doing things
Character by character
- 倒dàoto collapse, to fall over; to lie down
- 行xíngto go, to walk, to move; professional
- 逆nìto disobey, to rebel; traitor, rebel
- 施shīto grant, to bestow; to act; surname
Idioms sharing a character
- 倒悬之危 dào xuán zhī wēi
- 倒悬之急 dào xuán zhī jí
- 倒悬之苦 dào xuán zhī kǔ
- 倒打一耙 dào dǎ yī pá
- 倒持泰阿 dào chí Tài ē
- 倾箱倒箧 qīng xiāng dào qiè
- 排山倒海 pái shān dǎo hǎi
- 本末倒置 běn mò dào zhì
- 东倒西歪 dōng dǎo xī wāi
- 神魂颠倒 shén hún diān dǎo
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