反 fǎn contrary / in reverse / inside out or upside down / to reverse / to return / to oppose / opposite / against / anti- / to rebel / to use analogy / instead / abbr. for 反切[fan3 qie4] phonetic system syn 白 bái white / snowy / pure / bright / empty / blank / plain / clear / to make clear / in vain / gratuitous / free of charge / reactionary / anti-communist / funeral / to stare coldly / to write wrong character / to state / to explain / vernacular / spoken lines in opera syn 癌症 ái zhèng cancer 紫杉醇 zǐ shān chún Taxol (a.k.a. Paclitaxel), mitotic inhibitor used in cancer chemotherapy 抗锯齿 抗鋸齒 kàng jù chǐ anti-aliasing 反锯齿 反鋸齒 fǎn jù chǐ anti-aliasing 念 niàn to read / to study (a subject) / to attend (a school) / to read aloud / to give (sb) a tongue-lashing (CL:頓|顿[dun4]) / to miss (sb) / idea / remembrance / twenty (banker's anti-fraud numeral corresponding to 廿[nian4]) syn 拾 shí to pick up / to collate or arrange / ten (banker's anti-fraud numeral) syn 白色 bái sè white / fig. reactionary / anti-communist syn 防盗 防盜 fáng dào to guard against theft / anti-theft 抗日 kàng rì to resist Japan (esp. during WW2) / anti-Japanese (esp. wartime activities) 反恐 fǎn kǒng anti-terrorism / to fight against terrorism 防腐 fáng fǔ rotproof / antiseptic / anti-corrosion 反倾销 反傾銷 fǎn qīng xiāo anti-dumping 巨蟹座 jù xiè zuò Cancer (constellation and sign of the zodiac) 防汛 fáng xùn flood control / anti-flood (precautions) syn 防空 fáng kōng anti-aircraft defense 致癌 zhì ái to cause cancer / carcinogenic 反腐败 反腐敗 fǎn fǔ bài to oppose corruption / anti-graft (measures, policy etc) 乳腺癌 rǔ xiàn ái breast cancer 肝癌 gān ái liver cancer 肺癌 fèi ái lung cancer 癌细胞 癌細胞 ái xì bāo cancer cell syn 巨蟹 jù xiè Cancer (star sign) 抗震 kàng zhèn anti-seismic measures / seismic defenses / earthquake resistant 大写 大寫 dà xiě capital letters / uppercase letters / block letters / banker's anti-fraud numerals syn 反腐 fǎn fǔ anti-corruption 满清 滿清 mǎn qīng Manchurian Qing (refers to the Qing dynasty, esp. at its decline, or as an anti-Qing slogan) 反战 反戰 fǎn zhàn anti-war 胃癌 wèi ái stomach cancer 反日 fǎn rì anti-Japan 反美 fǎn měi anti-American 防锈 防銹 fáng xiù rust prevention / anti-corrosion 反政府 fǎn zhèng fǔ anti-government (protest) 乳癌 rǔ ái breast cancer 反潜 反潛 fǎn qián anti-submarine / antisubmarine 宫颈癌 宮頸癌 cervical cancer 反坦克 fǎn tǎn kè anti-tank 防空导弹 防空導彈 anti-aircraft missile 反垄断 反壟斷 fǎn lǒng duàn to break up or prevent monopolies / anti-monopoly / antitrust 前列腺癌 qián liè xiàn ái prostate cancer 反华 反華 fǎn huá anti-Chinese 防毒软件 防毒軟件 fáng dú ruǎn jiàn anti-virus software 反渗透 反滲透 fǎn shèn tòu anti-infiltration (measures taken against subversive external forces) / (chemistry) reverse osmosis 反洗钱 反洗錢 anti-money-laundering 林则徐 林則徐 lín zé xú Lin Zexu or Lin Tse-hsu "Commissioner Lin" (1785-1850), Qing official whose anti-opium activities led to first Opium war with Britain 1840-1842 整风 整風 zhěng fēng Rectification or Rectifying incorrect work styles, Maoist slogan / cf Rectification campaign 整風運動|整风运动, army purge of 1942-44 and anti-rightist purge of 1957 消炎药 消炎藥 xiāo yán yào anti-inflammatory medicine 反共 fǎn gòng anti-communist 反舰导弹 反艦導彈 fǎn jiàn dǎo dàn anti-ship missile 反贪 反貪 fǎn tān anti-corruption (policy) 反清 fǎn qīng anti-Qing / refers to the revolutionary movements in late 19th and early 20th century leading up to 1911 Xinhai Revolution 辛亥革命[Xin1 hai4 Ge2 ming4] 十二宫 十二宮 shí èr gōng the twelve equatorial constellations or signs of the zodiac in Western astronomy and astrology, namely: Aries 白羊[Bai2 yang2], Taurus 金牛[Jin4 niu2], Gemini 雙子|双子[Shuang1 zi3], Cancer 巨蟹[Ju4 xie4], Leo 獅子|狮子[Shi1 zi3], Virgo 室女[Shi4 nu:3], Libra 天秤[Tian1 cheng4], Scorpio 天蠍|天蝎[Tian1 xie1], Sagittarius 人馬|人马[Ren2 ma3], Capricorn 摩羯[Mo2 jie2], Aquarius 寶瓶|宝瓶[Bao3 ping2], Pisces 雙魚|双鱼[Shuang1 yu2] 皮肤癌 皮膚癌 pí fū ái skin cancer 排外 pái wài xenophobic / anti-foreigner syn 反贪局 反貪局 Anti-Corruption Agency 高射炮 gāo shè pào anti-aircraft gun 反帝 fǎn dì to be anti-imperialist 子宫颈癌 子宮頸癌 zǐ gōng jǐng ái cervical cancer 反右 fǎn yòu anti-rightist / abbr. for 反右派鬥爭|反右派斗争[Fan3 you4 pai4 Dou4 zheng1] 丁玲 dīng líng Ding Ling (1904-1986), female novelist, author of novel The Sun Shines over the Sanggan River 太陽照在桑乾河上|太阳照在桑干河上, attacked during the 1950s as anti-Party 食道癌 shí dào ái esophageal cancer 反兴奋剂 反興奮劑 fǎn xīng fèn jì (sports) anti-doping 反党 反黨 fǎn dǎng anti-party 反分裂法 fǎn fēn liè fǎ anti-secession law of 2005 (whereby PRC claims the right to invade Taiwan) 秋瑾 qiū jǐn Qiu Jin (1875-1907), famous female martyr of the anti-Qing revolution, the subject of several books and films 青蒿素 qīng hāo sù Arteannuin (anti-malaria chemical) / Artemisinin / Qinghaosu 三合会 三合會 sān hé huì triad, Chinese crime gang / triad society, anti-Manchu secret society in Qing-dynasty China 反坦克炮 anti-tank gun 防暴队 fáng bào duì anti-riot squad 回归线 回歸線 huí guī xiàn tropic / one of the two latitude lines, Tropic of Capricorn or Tropic of Cancer 反走私 fǎn zǒu sī to oppose smuggling / anti-contraband (measures, policy etc) 白军 白軍 bái jūn White Guard or White Movement, anti-communist troops fighting against the Bolsheviks during the Russian Civil War (1917-1922) 安全鞋 ān quán xié safety shoes / mine shoes / protective boots / anti-mine boots 陆 陸 liù six (banker's anti-fraud numeral) syn 防龋 防齲 fáng qǔ to prevent tooth decay / anti-caries 马苏德 馬蘇德 mǎ sū dé Massoud (name) / Ahmed Shah Massoud (1953-2001), Tajik Afghan engineer, military man and anti-Taleban leader 抗 kàng to resist / to fight / to defy / anti- syn 陈天华 陳天華 chén tiān huà Chen Tianhua (1875-1905), anti-Qing revolutionary from Hunan, drowned himself in Japan in 1905 伍 wǔ squad of five soldiers / to associate with / five (banker's anti-fraud numeral) syn 癌 ái cancer / carcinoma / also pr. [yan2] syn 肆 sì four (banker's anti-fraud numeral) / unrestrained / wanton / (literary) shop syn 贰 貳 èr two (banker's anti-fraud numeral) / to betray syn 叁 參 sān three (banker's anti-fraud numeral) syn 壹 yī one (banker's anti-fraud numeral) syn 玖 jiǔ black jade / nine (banker's anti-fraud numeral) syn 佰 bǎi hundred (banker's anti-fraud numeral) syn 仟 qiān thousand (banker's anti-fraud numeral) syn 捌 bā eight (banker's anti-fraud numeral) / split syn 柒 qī seven (banker's anti-fraud numeral) syn 北回归线 北回歸線 běi huí guī xiàn Tropic of Cancer 萨德 sà dé THAAD (Terminal High Altitude Area Defense), US Army anti-ballistic missile system 三反 sān fǎn "Three Anti" campaign (anti-corruption, anti-waste, anti-bureaucracy), early PRC purge of 1951-52 三反运动 三反運動 sān fǎn yùn dòng "Three Anti" campaign (anti-corruption, anti-waste, anti-bureaucracy), early PRC purge of 1951-52 懒癌 懶癌 lǎn ái (humorous) extreme laziness / (coll.) indolent cancer (esp. thyroid cancer) 防起雷装置 防起雷裝置 fáng qǐ léi zhuāng zhì anti-lift device / anti-lifting device / anti-lift fuse 反科学 反科學 fǎn kē xué anti-science / anti-scientific 防弊 fáng bì anti-fraud / anti-cheating / preventing wrongdoing 防治蝗虫和鸟害联合组织 Joint Anti-Locust and Anti-Avarian Organization 