逆行倒施 — Chinese idiom
逆行倒施
nì xíng dào 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
- 逆nìto disobey, to rebel; traitor, rebel
- 行xíngto go, to walk, to move; professional
- 倒dàoto collapse, to fall over; to lie down
- 施shīto grant, to bestow; to act; surname
Idioms sharing a character
- 倒行逆施 dào xíng nì shī
- 忠言逆耳 zhōng yán nì ěr
- 逆来顺受 nì lái shùn shòu
- 逆水行舟 nì shuǐ xíng zhōu
- 逆耳之言 nì ěr zhī yán
- 违天逆理 wéi tiān nì lǐ
- 一意孤行 yī yì gū xíng
- 一目十行 yī mù shí háng
- 一言一行 yī yán yī xíng
- 三思而行 sān sī ér xíng
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