1 to rebel

2 to revolt

3 a rebel

1 surname Chen

1 contrary

2 opposite

3 backwards

4 to go against

5 to oppose

6 to betray

7 to rebel

1 adversity

2 predicament

1 counterattack

1 rebels and traitors (idiom)

2 general term for scoundrel

1 to bow before (idiom)

2 to capitulate

1 to go against the tide (idiom); to do things all wrong

2 to try to turn back history

3 a perverse way of doing things

1 loyal advice jars on the ears (idiom)

1 strategic experts as thick as rain (idiom); no shortage of advisers on strategy