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 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 外挂 外掛 wài guà attached externally (e.g. fuel tank) / plug-in / add-on / special software used to cheat in an online game 防盗 防盜 fáng dào to guard against theft / anti-theft 坦克 tǎn kè tank (military vehicle) (loanword) syn 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 背心 bèi xīn sleeveless garment (vest, waistcoat, singlet, tank top etc) / CL:件[jian4] syn 反倾销 反傾銷 fǎn qīng xiāo anti-dumping 战车 戰車 zhàn chē war chariot / tank 防汛 fáng xùn flood control / anti-flood (precautions) syn 防空 fáng kōng anti-aircraft defense 反腐败 反腐敗 fǎn fǔ bài to oppose corruption / anti-graft (measures, policy etc) 抗癌 kàng ái anti-cancer 水箱 shuǐ xiāng water tank / radiator (automobile) / cistern / lavabo 油箱 yóu xiāng oil tank 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 鱼缸 魚缸 yú gāng fish tank / fishbowl / aquarium 全胜 全勝 quán shèng total victory / to excel by far / name of a tank / slam 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) 反潜 反潛 fǎn qián anti-submarine / antisubmarine 水族箱 shuǐ zú xiāng aquarium / fish 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 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 张华 張華 zhāng huà Zhang Hua (232-300), Western Jin writer, poet and politician / Zhang Hua (1958-1982), student held up as a martyr after he died saving an old peasant from a septic tank / other Zhang Hua's too numerous to mention 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 气瓶 氣瓶 qì píng gas cylinder / air bottle / air tank (diving) 主战坦克 zhǔ zhàn tǎn kè main battle tank / battle tank 反共 fǎn gòng anti-communist 智囊团 智囊團 zhì náng tuán think tank / brain trust 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] 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 化粪池 化糞池 huà fèn chí septic tank syn 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 罐车 罐車 guàn chē (road) tanker truck / (rail) tank car / tank wagon 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) 油船 yóu chuán (oil) tanker / tank ship 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 搅拌车 攪拌車 agitated tank / agitated vessel 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 沉淀池 沉澱池 chén diàn chí settling tank 反应锅 反應鍋 fǎn yìng guō (chemical engineering) reaction vessel / reaction tank 储气罐 儲氣罐 chǔ qì guàn gas tank (for gas, not gasoline) 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 搅拌罐 攪拌罐 jiǎo bàn guàn agitated tank / agitated vessel 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 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 破竹建瓴 pò zhú jiàn líng lit. smash bamboo, overturn water tank (idiom) / fig. irresistible force 坦克车 坦克車 tǎn kè chē tank (armored vehicle) syn 萨德 sà dé THAAD (Terminal High Altitude Area Defense), US Army anti-ballistic missile system 反坦克地雷 anti-tank mine / anti-tank landmine 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 