正好 zhèng hǎo just (in time) / just right / just enough / to happen to / to chance to / by chance / it just so happens that syn 偏偏 piān piān (indicating that sth turns out just the opposite of what one would wish) unfortunately / as it happened / (indicating that sth is the opposite of what would be normal or reasonable) stubbornly / contrarily / against reason / (indicating that sb or a group is singled out) precisely / only / of all people syn 够味 夠味 gòu wèi lit. just the right flavor / just right / just the thing / excellent 才然 纔然 cái rán just recently / just a moment ago / just now 异性 異性 yì xìng the opposite sex / of the opposite sex / heterosexual / different in nature 对立面 對立面 duì lì miàn opposite / antonym / the opposite side (in a conflict) 反其道而行之 fǎn qí dào ér xíng zhī to do the very opposite / to act in a diametrically opposite way syn 反义字 反義字 fǎn yì zì character with opposite meaning / antonym / opposite characters 海岸相对的国家 海岸相對的國家 States with opposite coasts / opposite States 异性相吸 異性相吸 yì xìng xiāng xī opposite polarities attract / (fig.) opposite sexes attract / opposites attract 刚刚 剛剛 gāng gang just recently / just a moment ago syn 恰到好处 恰到好處 qià dào hǎo chù it's just perfect / it's just right syn 正巧 zhèng qiǎo just by chance / to happen to (just at the right time) / opportune syn 方 fāng square / power or involution (math.) / upright / honest / fair and square / direction / side / party (to a contract, dispute etc) / place / method / prescription (medicine) / just when / only or just / classifier for square things / abbr. for square or cubic meter syn 当 當 dāng to be / to act as / manage / withstand / when / during / ought / should / match equally / equal / same / obstruct / just at (a time or place) / on the spot / right / just at syn 适值 適值 shì zhí just at that time / as it happens / by good luck, just then syn 临 臨 lín to face / to overlook / to arrive / to be (just) about to / just before syn 犹 猶 yóu as if / (just) like / just as / still / yet syn 甫 fǔ (classical) barely / just / just now syn 寥寥可数 寥寥可數 liáo liáo kě shǔ just a very few (idiom) / tiny number / just a handful / not many at all / You count them on your fingers. syn 刚一 剛一 gāng yī to be just about to / to have just started to 适间 適間 shì jiān just now / just a moment ago 算老几 算老幾 suàn lǎo jǐ just who do (you) think (you) are? (or "just who does (she) think (she) is?" etc) 直接 zhí jiē direct (opposite: indirect 間接|间接[jian4 jie1]) / immediate / straightforward syn 相对 相對 xiāng duì relatively / opposite / to resist / to oppose / relative / vis-a-vis / counterpart syn 主动 主動 zhǔ dòng to take the initiative / to do sth of one's own accord / spontaneous / active / opposite: passive 被動|被动[bei4 dong4] / drive (of gears and shafts etc) syn 对面 對面 duì miàn (sitting) opposite / across (the street) / directly in front / to be face to face syn 相反 xiāng fǎn opposite / contrary syn 对立 對立 duì lì to oppose / to set sth against / to be antagonistic to / antithetical / relative opposite / opposing / diametrical syn 精装 精裝 jīng zhuāng hardcover (book) / elaborately packaged / opposite: 簡裝|简装[jian3 zhuang1] 私营企业 私營企業 sī yíng qǐ yè private business / opposite: state-owned enterprise 國有企業|国有企业[guo2 you3 qi3 ye4] 反过来 反過來 fǎn guo lái conversely / in reverse order / in an opposite direction syn 反向 fǎn xiàng opposite direction / reverse 对岸 對岸 duì àn opposite bank (of a body of water) syn 简装 簡裝 jiǎn zhuāng paperback / plainly packaged / opposite: 精裝|精装[jing1 zhuang1] 邪气 邪氣 xié qì evil influence / unhealthy trend / (a person's) evil air / aura of wickedness / (TCM) pathogenic energy (opposite: 正氣|正气[zheng4 qi4], vital energy) syn 适得其反 適得其反 shì dé qí fǎn to produce the opposite of the desired result syn 背道而驰 背道而馳 bèi dào ér chí to run in the opposite direction (idiom) / to run counter to syn 对 對 duì right / correct / towards / at / for / concerning / regarding / to treat (sb a certain way) / to face / (bound form) opposite / facing / matching / to match together / to adjust / to fit / to suit / to answer / to reply / to add / to pour in (a fluid) / to check / to compare / classifier: couple / pair syn 对门 對門 duì mén the building or room opposite syn 对开 對開 duì kāi running in opposite direction (buses, trains, ferries etc) 逆反 nì fǎn rebellious behavior / opposite / ob- 漏油 lòu yóu oil spill / oil leak / (fig.) boo! (opposite of 加油[jia1 you2]) 相背 xiāng bèi contrary / opposite 鹰派 鷹派 yīng pài hawk faction (opposite: 鴿派|鸽派[ge1 pai4], doves) / fierce and combative party / war party / warmongers 反作用 fǎn zuò yòng opposite reaction syn 计件工资 計件工資 jì jiàn gōng zī piece rate wage / remuneration based on one's output / opposite: time rate wage 計時工資|计时工资[ji4 shi2 gong1 zi1] 对角 對角 duì jiǎo opposite angle 明 míng bright / opposite: dark 暗[an4] / (of meaning) clear / to understand / next / public or open / wise / generic term for a sacrifice to the gods syn 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 阳 陽 yáng positive (electric.) / sun / male principle (Taoism) / Yang, opposite: 陰|阴[yin1] syn 左 zuǒ left / the Left (politics) / east / unorthodox / queer / wrong / differing / opposite / variant of 佐[zuo3] syn 思春期 sī chūn qī age when girls start to develop feelings for the opposite sex / puberty 旧 舊 jiù old / opposite: new 新 / former / worn (with age) syn 抢 搶 qiāng (literary) to knock against (esp. to knock one's head on the ground in grief or rage) / opposite in direction / contrary syn 逆 nì contrary / opposite / backwards / to go against / to oppose / to betray / to rebel syn 旧瓶装新酒 舊瓶裝新酒 jiù píng zhuāng xīn jiǔ lit. new wine in old bottles / fig. new concepts in an old framework / (loan idiom from Matthew 9:17, but fig. meaning is opposite) 计时工资 計時工資 jì shí gōng zī payment by the hour / time-rate wages (opposite: piece-rate wage 計件工資|计件工资[ji4 jian4 gong1 zi1]) 物极必反 物極必反 wù jí bì fǎn when things reach an extreme, they can only move in the opposite direction (idiom) 倒座儿 倒座兒 dào zuò r the north-facing room opposite the master's in a siheyuan 四合院[si4 he2 yuan4] 大乌苏里岛 大烏蘇里島 dà wū sū lǐ dǎo Bolshoi Ussuriisk Island in the Heilongjiang or Amur river, at mouth of the Ussuri River opposite Khabarovsk / same as Heixiazi Island 黑瞎子島|黑瞎子岛[Hei1 xia1 zi5 Dao3] 对消 對消 duì xiāo in equilibrium / to cancel out (of opposite forces) (physics) 对生 對生 duì shēng (botany) opposite leaf arrangement / paired leaf arrangement 对过 對過 duì guò across / opposite / the other side 弱受 ruò shòu submissive / yielding / weak / opposite: 強攻|强攻, dominant 抚远三角洲 撫遠三角洲 fǔ yuǎn sān jiǎo zhōu Bolshoi Ussuriisk Island in the Heilongjiang or Amur river, at mouth of the Ussuri River opposite Khabarovsk / same as Heixiazi Island 黑瞎子島|黑瞎子岛[Hei1 xia1 zi5 Dao3] 斜对 斜對 xié duì catty-corner / to be diagonally opposite to 相向突击 相向突擊 xiāng xiàng tū jī sudden attack from the opposite direction (idiom) 苦趣 kǔ qù wretched feelings (opposite: 樂趣|乐趣, delight) 计都 計都 jì dū concept from Vedic astronomy (Sanskrit Ketu), the opposite point to 羅睺|罗睺[luo2 hou2] / imaginary star presaging disaster 路德维希港 路德維希港 lù dé wéi xī gǎng Ludwigshafen am Rhein, German city on the Rhine opposite Mannheim 锡霍特 錫霍特 xī huò tè Sichote-Alin mountain range in Russian far east opposite Sakhalin Island 锡霍特·阿林 錫霍特·阿林 XihuoteAlin Sichote-Alin mountain range in Russian far east opposite Sakhalin Island 锡霍特·阿林山脉 錫霍特·阿林山脈 XihuoteAlinshanmai Sichote-Alin mountain range in Russian far east opposite Sakhalin Island 锡霍特山脉 錫霍特山脈 xī huò tè shān mài Sichote-Alin mountain range in Russian far east opposite Sakhalin Island 鸽派 鴿派 gē pài dove faction (opposite: 鷹派|鹰派[ying1 pai4], hawks) / peace party / the faction seeking peace 黑瞎子岛 黑瞎子島 hēi xiā zi dǎo Bolshoi Ussuriisk Island in the Heilongjiang or Amur river, at mouth of the Ussuri River opposite Khabarovsk / Heixiazi (black blind man) Island 远日点 遠日點 yuǎn rì diǎn aphelion, the furthest point of a planet in elliptic orbit to the sun / opposite: perihelion 近日點|近日点[jin4 ri4 dian3] / higher apsis 对向海岸 對向海岸 duì xiàng hǎi àn opposite coasts 锡霍特・阿林 錫霍特・阿林 xī huò tè · ā lín Sichote-Alin mountain range in Russian far east opposite Sakhalin Island 锡霍特・阿林山脉 錫霍特・阿林山脈 xī huò tè · ā lín shān mài Sichote-Alin mountain range in Russian far east opposite Sakhalin Island 冒题 冒題 mào tí writing style in which the main subject is not introduced initially (opposite: 破題|破题[po4ti2]) 破题 破題 pò tí writing style in which the main subject is approached directly from the outset / opposite of 冒題|冒题[mao4 ti2] 矮丑穷 矮醜窮 ǎi chǒu qióng (Internet slang) (of a man) unmarriageable (lit. short, ugly and poor) / opposite: 高富帥|高富帅[gao1 fu4 shuai4] 有色无胆 有色無膽 yǒu sè wú dǎn to be perverse and suggestive towards the opposite sex, but shrinking back when provoked to act on it / to have perverted thoughts but no guts to actually do it / to be all talk and no action 锡霍特·阿林 錫霍特·阿林 xī huò tè · ā lín Sichote-Alin mountain range in Russian far east opposite Sakhalin Island 锡霍特·阿林山脉 錫霍特·阿林山脈 xī huò tè · ā lín shān mài Sichote-Alin mountain range in Russian far east opposite Sakhalin Island 招蜂引蝶 zhāo fēng yǐn dié (of a flower) to attract bees and butterflies / (fig.) to attract the opposite sex / to flirt syn 先兵后礼 先兵後禮 xiān bīng hòu lǐ opposite of 先禮後兵|先礼后兵[xian1 li3 hou4 bing1] 会车 會車 huì chē (of two vehicles traveling in opposite directions) to pass by each other 公了 gōng liǎo to settle in court (opposite: 私了[si1 liao3]) 当面锣，对面鼓 當面鑼，對面鼓 dāng miàn luó , duì miàn gǔ lit. gong facing gong, drum opposite drum (idiom) / fig. to come together to thrash out the issue face to face 相悖 xiāng bèi contrary / opposite / to run counter to syn 就是 jiù shì exactly / precisely / only / simply / just / (used correlatively with 也[ye3]) even / even if syn 只是 zhǐ shì merely / only / just / nothing but / simply / but / however syn 一样 一樣 yī yàng same / like / equal to / the same as / just like syn 不仅 不僅 bù jǐn not just / not limited to / (as a correlative conjunction) not only (..., but also ...) syn 刚才 剛纔 gāng cái just now (variant of 剛才|刚才[gang1 cai2]) syn 便是 biàn shì (emphasizes that sth is precisely or exactly as stated) / precisely / exactly / even / if / just like / in the same way as syn 