相反
xiāng fǎn
Pinyin

Definition

相反
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xiāng fǎn
  1. opposite
  2. contrary

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

互相
hù xiāng
  1. 1 each other
  2. 2 mutually
  3. 3 mutual
反应
fǎn yìng
  1. 1 to react
  2. 2 to respond
  3. 3 reaction
  4. 4 response
  5. 5 reply
  6. 6 chemical reaction
  7. 7 CL:個|个[gè]
反正
fǎn zhèng
  1. 1 anyway
  2. 2 in any case
  3. 3 to come over from the enemy's side
相信
xiāng xìn
  1. 1 to be convinced (that sth is true)
  2. 2 to believe
  3. 3 to accept sth as true
相册
xiàng cè
  1. 1 photo album
相爱
xiāng ài
  1. 1 to love each other
相当
xiāng dāng
  1. 1 equivalent to
  2. 2 appropriate
  3. 3 considerably
  4. 4 to a certain extent
  5. 5 fairly
  6. 6 quite
相亲
xiāng qīn
  1. 1 blind date
  2. 2 arranged interview to evaluate a proposed marriage partner (Taiwan pr. [xiàng qīn])
  3. 3 to be deeply attached to each other
真相
zhēn xiàng
  1. 1 the truth about sth
  2. 2 the actual facts
亮相
liàng xiàng
  1. 1 to strike a pose (Chinese opera)
  2. 2 (fig.) to make a public appearance
  3. 3 to come out in public (revealing one's true personality, opinions etc)
  4. 4 (of a product) to appear on the market or at a trade show etc
反
fǎn
  1. 1 contrary
  2. 2 in reverse
  3. 3 inside out or upside down
  4. 4 to reverse
  5. 5 to return
  6. 6 to oppose
  7. 7 opposite
  8. 8 against
  9. 9 anti-
  10. 10 to rebel
  11. 11 to use analogy
  12. 12 instead
  13. 13 abbr. for 反切[fǎn qiè] phonetic system
反之
fǎn zhī
  1. 1 on the other hand...
  2. 2 conversely...
反倒
fǎn dào
  1. 1 but on the contrary
  2. 2 but expectedly
反反复复
fǎn fǎn fù fù
  1. 1 repeatedly
  2. 2 time and time again
反问
fǎn wèn
  1. 1 to ask (a question) in reply
  2. 2 to answer a question with a question
  3. 3 rhetorical question
反射
fǎn shè
  1. 1 to reflect
  2. 2 reflection (from a mirror etc)
  3. 3 reflex (i.e. automatic reaction of organism)
反对
fǎn duì
  1. 1 to fight against
  2. 2 to oppose
  3. 3 to be opposed to
  4. 4 opposition
反常
fǎn cháng
  1. 1 unusual
  2. 2 abnormal
反弹
fǎn tán
  1. 1 to bounce
  2. 2 to bounce back
  3. 3 to boomerang
  4. 4 to ricochet
  5. 5 rebound (of stock market etc)
  6. 6 bounce
  7. 7 backlash
  8. 8 negative repercussions
反复
fǎn fù
  1. 1 variant of 反覆|反复[fǎn fù]

Idioms (20)

一反常态
yī fǎn cháng tài
  1. 1 complete change from the normal state (idiom); quite uncharacteristic
  2. 2 entirely outside the norm
  3. 3 out of character
一脉相承
yī mài xiāng chéng
  1. 1 traceable to the same stock (idiom); of a common origin (of trends, ideas etc)
不打不成相识
bù dǎ bù chéng xiāng shí
  1. 1 don't fight, won't make friends (idiom); an exchange of blows may lead to friendship
不打不相识
bù dǎ bù xiāng shí
  1. 1 lit. don't fight, won't make friends (idiom); an exchange of blows may lead to friendship
  2. 2 no discord, no concord
世代相传
shì dài xiāng chuán
  1. 1 passed on from generation to generation (idiom); to hand down
二虎相斗，必有一伤
èr hǔ xiāng dòu , bì yǒu yī shāng
  1. 1 lit. when two tigers fight, one is sure to be wounded (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. if it comes to a fight, someone will get hurt
互相推诿
hù xiāng tuī wěi
  1. 1 mutually shirking responsibilities (idiom); each blaming the other
  2. 2 passing the buck to and fro
  3. 3 each trying to unload responsibilities onto the other
人不可貌相
rén bù kě mào xiàng
  1. 1 you can't judge a person by appearance (idiom)
  2. 2 you can't judge a book by its cover
  3. 3 often in combination 人不可貌相，海水不可斗量[rén bù kě mào xiàng , hǎi shuǐ bù kě dǒu liáng]
人不可貌相，海水不可斗量
rén bù kě mào xiàng , hǎi shuǐ bù kě dǒu liáng
  1. 1 you can't judge a person by appearance, just as you can't measure the sea with a pint pot (idiom)
人位相宜
rén wèi xiāng yí
  1. 1 to be the right person for the job (idiom)
人生何处不相逢
rén shēng hé chù bù xiāng féng
  1. 1 it's a small world (idiom)
仇人相见，分外眼红
chóu rén xiāng jiàn , fèn wài yǎn hóng
  1. 1 when the enemies come face to face, their eyes blaze with hatred (idiom)
代代相传
dài dài xiāng chuán
  1. 1 passed on from generation to generation (idiom); to hand down
以礼相待
yǐ lǐ xiāng dài
  1. 1 to treat sb with due respect (idiom)
休戚相关
xiū qī xiāng guān
  1. 1 to share the same interests (idiom)
  2. 2 to be closely related
  3. 3 to be in the same boat
凶相毕露
xiōng xiàng bì lù
  1. 1 show one's ferocious appearance (idiom); the atrocious features revealed
  2. 2 with fangs bared
两国相争，不斩来使
liǎng guó xiāng zhēng , bù zhǎn lái shǐ
  1. 1 when two kingdoms are at war, they don't execute envoys (idiom)
两虎相争
liǎng hǔ xiāng zhēng
  1. 1 two tigers fighting (idiom); fierce contest between evenly matched adversaries
两虎相争，必有一伤
liǎng hǔ xiāng zhēng , bì yǒu yī shāng
  1. 1 if two tigers fight, one will get injured (idiom)
  2. 2 if you start a war, someone is bound to get hurt
两虎相斗
liǎng hǔ xiāng dòu
  1. 1 two tigers fight (idiom); fig. a dispute between two powerful adversaries
  2. 2 a battle of the giants

Sample Sentences

你知道吗？尤其是中国古代的哲学思想，在今天看来一点都不落伍呢，相反还很有意义。
nǐ zhīdào ma ？yóuqí shì Zhōngguó gǔdài de zhéxué sīxiǎng ，zàijīntiān kànlai yīdiǎn dōu bù luòwǔ ne ，xiāngfǎn hái hěn yǒu yìyì 。
Did you know? Particularly ancient philosophical thinking, when viewed today, doesn't seem behind the times at all, on the contrary, it's really significant.
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哇，我和你相反，我几乎不怎么看田径比赛，你别笑我啊，其实我连田径是什么都不知道？
wā ，wǒ hé nǐ xiāngfǎn ，wǒ jīhū bù zěnme kàn tiánjìng bǐsài ，nǐ bié xiào wǒ ā ，qíshí wǒ lián tiánjìng shì shénme dōu bù zhīdào ？
Wow, I'm the opposite. I hardly watch any track or field events. Don't laugh at me but actually I don't even really know what track and field means.
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两者粗看若相反，实则乃相成。实际上每个人多多少少都兼有这两种气质，只是比例不同而已。
liǎng zhě cū kàn ruò xiāngfǎn ，shí zé nǎi xiāngchéng 。shíjìshàng měi ge rén duōduōshǎoshǎo dōu jiān yǒu zhè liǎng zhǒng qìzhì ，zhǐshì bǐlì bùtóng éryǐ 。
A cursory glance at the them makes them seem like opposites, but they're actually complementary. Every person has both of these characteristics to some extent in reality, it's just a question of proportions.
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这样看来通过词汇就可以将信息有逻辑的链接起来，所以词语和词语之间也不是孤立的，相反它们本身就蕴含了大量信息。所以词汇真的可说是语言的一切了。
zhèyàng kànlai tōngguò cíhuì jiù kěyǐ jiāng xìnxī yǒu luóji de liànjiē qǐlái ，suǒyǐ cíyǔ hé cíyǔ zhījiān yě bù shì gūlì de ，xiāngfǎn tāmen běnshēn jiù yùnhán le dàliàng xìnxī 。suǒyǐ cíhuì zhēnde kě shuō shì yǔyán de yīqiè le 。
So, from this it seems that through the lexicon you can link bits of data together with logic, so individual vocabulary words aren't isolated from one another. On the contrary, they contain a lot of data in themselves. So you really can say that vocabulary is everything in language.
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哦，我美丽的皇后，网红当然有高颜值的，可却也不都是美女帅哥，恰恰相反，有些真是长得非常“抱歉”，网红之所以被称为网红，只是因为他们抓住了观众的“胃口”瞬间爆红。
ò ，wǒ měilì de huánghòu ，wǎnghóng dāngrán yǒu gāo yánzhí de ，kě què yě bù dōu shì měinǚ shuàigē ，qiàqià xiāngfǎn ，yǒuxiē zhēn shì zhǎng de fēicháng “bàoqiàn ”，wǎnghóng zhī suǒyǐ bèichēngwéi wǎnghóng ，zhǐshì yīnwèi tāmen zhuā zhù le guānzhòng de “wèi kǒu ”shùnjiān bàohóng 。
Hm, my fair queen. Internet celebrities all have a high "face value", so to speak, but they are not all pretty girls and handsome guys. Quite the contrary, in some cases, some are actually really sorry looking. The reason internet celebrities are called internet celebrities is because they get famous online overnight through satisfying the appetites of the public at large.
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但一定是利大于弊这样不仅商品质量可以得到保证，在售后维权等环节，消费者的权益也会得到保护。在他看来，海外代购市场不仅不会没落，相反会在法律的框架内良性有序地发展。
dàn yīdìng shì lìdàyúbì zhèyàng bùjǐn shāngpǐnzhíliàng kěyǐ dédào bǎozhèng ，zài shòuhòu wéiquán děng huánjié ，xiāofèizhě de quányì yě huì dédào bǎohù 。zài tā kànlai ，hǎiwài dàigòu shìchǎng bùjǐn bùhuì mòluò ，xiāngfǎn huì zài fǎlu:4 de kuàngjià nèi liángxìng yǒuxù de fāzhǎn 。
But the benefits must outweigh the disadvantages. Not only is product quality guaranteed but post sale consumer rights and interests are also protected. In his view, such overseas shopping will not only not decline but on the other hand will develop in a benign and orderly manner within the framework of the law.
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其实你们不太通过打折的手法来吸引消费者，相反地，大家都知道您们产品的价格是很硬的。
qíshí nǐmen bùtài tōngguò dǎzhé de shǒufǎ lái xīyǐn xiāofèizhě ，xiāngfǎn de ，dàjiā dōu zhīdào nínmen chǎnpǐn de jiàgé shì hěn yìng de 。
You don't seem to use reductions to attract customers, in fact it's just the opposite, everybody knows that your product prices aren't negotiable.
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是的，市场不是一个零和的游戏，相反地，创造更高的质量就是创造更高的价值，这不能只是用价钱来衡量。
shì de ，shìchǎng bùshì yī gè línghé de yóuxì ，xiāngfǎn de ，chuàngzào gènggāo de zhìliàng jiùshì chuàngzào gènggāo de jiàzhí ，zhè bù néng zhǐshì yòng jiàqian lái héngliáng 。
Yes, the market isn't a zero-sum game. On the contrary, the higher the quality you are able to attain, the higher the value should be, you can't just take the pricing into account.
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这不就正好跟老子以“减法”生活，来追求人心平静的哲学相反吗？
zhè bù jiù zhènghǎo gēn lǎozǐ yǐ “jiǎnfǎ ”shēnghuó ，lái zhuīqiú rénxīn píngjìng de zhéxué xiāngfǎn ma ？
Isn't that the exact opposite of Laozi's idea of subtraction in life and the philosophy of finding inner peace?
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刚好相反，这部片的节奏相当快，相当颠覆同类型电影的做法，并且用上了许多一般人日常生活可能有的遭遇，我个人觉得很能引起共鸣，我自己在拍摄过程中，都会忍不住开始检视自己的生活呢！
gānghǎo xiāngfǎn ，zhè bù piàn de jiézòu xiāngdāng kuài ，xiāngdāng diānfù tónglèixíng diànyǐng de zuòfǎ ，bìngqiě yòngshàng le xǔduō yìbānrén rìcháng shēnghuó kěnéng yǒu de zāoyù ，wǒ gèrén juéde hěn néng yǐnqǐ gòngmíng ，wǒ zìjǐ zài pāishè guòchéng zhōng ，dōuhuì rěnbuzhù kāishǐ jiǎnshì zìjǐ de shēnghuó ne ！
It's the opposite actually. The film is quite quickly-paced, and it goes some way to subverting films of the same genre, as well as incorporating many of the experiences that normal people would have in every day life. I think that it will resonate with people. While I was filming, I couldn't help reflecting on my own life!
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