逆喻
nì yù
Pinyin

Definition

逆喻
 - 
nì yù
  1. oxymoron

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

叛逆
pàn nì
  1. 1 to rebel
  2. 2 to revolt
  3. 3 a rebel
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
不言而喻
bù yán ér yù
  1. 1 it goes without saying
  2. 2 it is self-evident
喻
Yù
  1. 1 surname Yu
家喻户晓
jiā yù hù xiǎo
  1. 1 understood by everyone (idiom); well known
  2. 2 a household name
比喻
bǐ yù
  1. 1 to compare
  2. 2 to liken to
  3. 3 metaphor
  4. 4 analogy
  5. 5 figure of speech
  6. 6 figuratively
理喻
lǐ yù
  1. 1 to reason with sb
言喻
yán yù
  1. 1 to describe
  2. 2 to put into words
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)

不可理喻
bù kě lǐ yù
  1. 1 to be impervious to reason (idiom)
  2. 2 unreasonable
不可言喻
bù kě yán yù
  1. 1 inexpressible (idiom)
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
家喻户晓
jiā yù hù xiǎo
  1. 1 understood by everyone (idiom); well known
  2. 2 a household name
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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