逆夷
nì yí
Pinyin

Definition

逆夷
 - 
nì yí
  1. invaders (insulting term)
  2. foreign aggressors

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

叛逆
pàn nì
  1. 1 to rebel
  2. 2 to revolt
  3. 3 a rebel
夏威夷
Xià wēi yí
  1. 1 Hawaii, US state
逆
nì
  1. 1 contrary
  2. 2 opposite
  3. 3 backwards
  4. 4 to go against
  5. 5 to oppose
  6. 6 to betray
  7. 7 to rebel
逆境
nì jìng
  1. 1 adversity
  2. 2 predicament
逆袭
nì xí
  1. 1 counterattack
逆转
nì zhuǎn
  1. 1 to turn back
  2. 2 to reverse
匪夷所思
fěi yí suǒ sī
  1. 1 unimaginable
  2. 2 outrageous
  3. 3 freakish
夏威夷果
Xià wēi yí guǒ
  1. 1 macadamia nut
大逆不道
dà nì bù dào
  1. 1 disgraceful (of behavior that is unfilial, rebellious or otherwise in grave breach of the norms of society)
夷
yí
  1. 1 non-Han people, esp. to the East of China
  2. 2 barbarians
  3. 3 to wipe out
  4. 4 to exterminate
  5. 5 to tear down
  6. 6 to raze
武夷山
Wǔ yí shān
  1. 1 Mt Wuyi in Fujian
  2. 2 Wuyishan nature reserve
  3. 3 Wuyishan county level city in Nanping 南平[Nán píng] Fujian
逆来顺受
nì lái shùn shòu
  1. 1 to resign oneself to adversity (idiom); to grin and bear it
  2. 2 to submit meekly to insults, maltreatment, humiliation etc
逆光
nì guāng
  1. 1 backlighting (lighting design)
逆反
nì fǎn
  1. 1 rebellious behavior
  2. 2 opposite
  3. 3 ob-
逆向
nì xiàng
  1. 1 backwards
  2. 2 reverse direction
逆天
nì tiān
  1. 1 to be in defiance of the natural order
逆旅
nì lu:3
  1. 1 guest-house
  2. 2 inn
逆时针
nì shí zhēn
  1. 1 anticlockwise
  2. 2 counterclockwise
逆水
nì shuǐ
  1. 1 against the current
  2. 2 upstream
逆流
nì liú
  1. 1 against the stream
  2. 2 adverse current
  3. 3 a countercurrent
  4. 4 fig. reactionary tendency
  5. 5 to go against the trend

Idioms (11)

以夷制夷
yǐ yí zhì yí
  1. 1 to use foreigners to subdue foreigners (idiom); let the barbarians fight it out among themselves (traditional policy of successive dynasties)
  2. 2 Use Western science and technology to counter imperialist encroachment. (late Qing modernizing slogan)
倒行逆施
dào xíng nì shī
  1. 1 to go against the tide (idiom); to do things all wrong
  2. 2 to try to turn back history
  3. 3 a perverse way of doing things
化险为夷
huà xiǎn wéi yí
  1. 1 to turn peril into safety (idiom); to avert disaster
履险如夷
lu:3 xiǎn rú yí
  1. 1 lit. to make one's way through a dangerous pass as if walking on level ground (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to handle a crisis effortlessly
忠言逆耳
zhōng yán nì ěr
  1. 1 loyal advice jars on the ears (idiom)
逆来顺受
nì lái shùn shòu
  1. 1 to resign oneself to adversity (idiom); to grin and bear it
  2. 2 to submit meekly to insults, maltreatment, humiliation etc
逆水行舟
nì shuǐ xíng zhōu
  1. 1 lit. a boat going against the current (idiom); fig. you must work harder
逆水行舟，不进则退
nì shuǐ xíng zhōu , bù jìn zé tuì
  1. 1 like rowing a boat upstream, if you stop moving forward you fall back (idiom)
逆耳之言
nì ěr zhī yán
  1. 1 speech that grates on the ear (idiom); bitter truths
  2. 2 home truths (that one does not want to hear)
逆行倒施
nì xíng dǎo shī
  1. 1 to go against the tide (idiom); to do things all wrong
  2. 2 to try to turn back history
  3. 3 a perverse way of doing things
违天逆理
wéi tiān nì lǐ
  1. 1 lit. violating heaven and reason (idiom); immoral character

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