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逆流而上

nì liú ér shàng

4-character word

What 逆流而上 means

1. to sail against the current
2. (fig.) to go against the flow

The characters in 逆流而上

• 逆nìcontrary; opposite; backwards
• 流liúto flow; to disseminate; to circulate or spread
• 而érand; as well as; and so
• 上shàng(bound form) up; upper; above; previous; first (of multiple parts); to climb…

Example sentences

• 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.