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倒行逆施

dào xíng nì shī

4-character word

What 倒行逆施 means

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

The characters in 倒行逆施

• 倒dǎoto fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally; to fail; to go bankrupt; to overthrow
• 行xíng(bound form) to walk; to go; to travel; (literary) trip; journey; visit…
• 逆nìcontrary; opposite; backwards
• 施shī(bound form) to put into effect (regulations etc); to distribute (alms etc)…

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