反fǎn
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Meanings
1. contrary
2. in reverse
3. inside out or upside down
4. to reverse
5. to return
6. to oppose
7. opposite
8. against
9. anti-
10. to rebel
11. to use analogy
12. instead
13. abbr. for 反切 (fǎnqiè) phonetic system
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She hung the picture upside down.
I have no objection to paying a special fee if it is necessary.
You've put your hat on backwards.
Driver, you're driving in the opposite direction. I want to go east. Why are you driving west?
You're holding the book upside-down. This is upside-down and this is right-side up.
In Germany today, anti-violence rallies took place in several cities, including one near Hamburg where three Turks were killed in an arson attack on Monday.