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逆流

nì liú

2-character word

What 逆流 means

1. against the stream
2. adverse current
3. a countercurrent
4. fig. reactionary tendency
5. to go against the trend

The characters in 逆流

• 逆nìcontrary; opposite; backwards
• 流liúto flow; to disseminate; to circulate or spread

Example sentences

• 船逆流航行。
  Chuán nìliú hángxíng.
  The boat is going against the current.
• 他们逆流而上。
  Tāmen nìliú'érshàng.
  They swam against the current.
• 让我们试着逆流而上。
  Ràng wǒmen shìzhe nìliú'érshàng.
  Let's try and swim against the current.
• 我们在河里划着船逆流而上。
  Wǒmen zài hé lǐ huà zhe chuán nìliú'érshàng.
  We rowed up the river against the current.

Words starting with 逆流

• 逆流而上nì liú ér shàngto sail against the current; (fig.) to go against the flow
• 逆流溯源nì liú sù yuánto go back to the source

Words containing 逆流

• 赤道逆流chì dào nì liúequatorial counter current