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 镜头 鏡頭 jìng tóu camera lens / camera shot (in a movie etc) / scene syn 中弹 中彈 zhòng dàn to get hit by a bullet / to get shot syn 颠倒 顛倒 diān dǎo to turn upside down / to reverse / back to front / confused / deranged / crazy syn 跌倒 diē dǎo to tumble / to fall / fig. to suffer a reverse (in politics or business) syn 好球 hǎo qiú (ball sports) good shot! / nice hit! / well played! 扭转 扭轉 niǔ zhuǎn to reverse / to turn around (an undesirable situation) / (mechanics) torsion syn 背面 bèi miàn the back / the reverse side / the wrong side syn 挫折 cuò zhé setback / reverse / check / defeat / frustration / disappointment / to frustrate / to discourage / to set sb back / to blunt / to subdue syn 反过来 反過來 fǎn guo lái conversely / in reverse order / in an opposite direction syn 大亨 dà hēng big shot / top gun / superstar / VIP syn 逆转 逆轉 nì zhuǎn to turn back / to reverse syn 反面 fǎn miàn reverse side / backside / the other side (of a problem etc) / negative / bad syn 倒车 倒車 dào chē to reverse (a vehicle) / to drive backwards syn 倒退 dào tuì to fall back / to go in reverse syn 倒流 dào liú to flow backwards / reverse flow 反向 fǎn xiàng opposite direction / reverse 巨头 巨頭 jù tóu tycoon / magnate / big player (including company, country, school etc) / big shot syn 罚球 罰球 fá qiú penalty shot / penalty kick (in sports) 大腕 dà wàn (coll.) big shot / big name / bigwig / heavyweight syn 倒转 倒轉 dào zhuǎn to make an about-turn / to reverse one's direction, policy, sequence etc / to turn things on their head syn 逆向 nì xiàng backwards / reverse direction 火枪 火槍 huǒ qiāng firearms (in historical context) / flintlock (old powder and shot firearm) 火锅 火鍋 huǒ guō hotpot / (basketball) a blocked shot / a block syn 远景 遠景 yuǎn jǐng scenery in the distance / long-term prospects / (photography) long shot 翻案 fān àn to reverse a verdict / to present different views on a historical person or verdict 百发百中 百發百中 bǎi fā bǎi zhòng lit. one hundred shots, one hundred hits / to carry out a task with great precision / to shoot with unfailing accuracy / be a crack shot (idiom) syn 显贵 顯貴 xiǎn guì dignitary / distinguished person / royalty / nobleman / big shot syn 逆反心理 nì fǎn xīn lǐ reverse psychology 冷枪 冷槍 lěng qiāng sniper's shot 铅球 鉛球 qiān qiú shot put (athletics event) 广角镜头 廣角鏡頭 guǎng jiǎo jìng tóu wide angle camera shot syn 倒灌 dào guàn to flow backwards (of water, because of flood, tide, wind etc) / reverse flow / to back up (sewage) syn 美人蕉 měi rén jiāo canna or Indian shot (genus Canna) 豪富 háo fù rich and powerful / rich and influential person / big shot syn 反转 反轉 fǎn zhuǎn reversal / inversion / to reverse / to invert (upside down, inside out, back to front, white to black etc) syn 扭亏 扭虧 niǔ kuī to make good a deficit / to reverse a loss syn 大鳄 大鱷 dà è lit. big crocodile / fig. major figure / big shot / top boss (esp. criminal) 回天 huí tiān to reverse a desperate situation 反超 fǎn chāo to reverse (the score) / to pull off a comeback / to take the lead 劲射 勁射 jìng shè power shot (e.g. in soccer) 注射剂 注射劑 zhù shè jì injection / shot 倒着 倒著 dào zhe backwards / in reverse / upside down 反渗透 反滲透 fǎn shèn tòu anti-infiltration (measures taken against subversive external forces) / (chemistry) reverse osmosis 封盖 封蓋 fēng gài cap / seal / cover / to cover / blocked shot (basketball) 第一炮 dì yī pào (fig.) opening shot 弹 彈 dàn crossball / bullet / shot / shell / ball syn 铁砂 鐵砂 tiě shā shot (in shotgun) / pellets 开倒车 開倒車 kāi dào chē to drive in reverse / fig. to take a backward step / retrogressive / trying to turn the clock back syn 空心球 kōng xīn qiú hollow ball / (basketball) swish shot 老虎凳 lǎo hǔ dèng tiger bench (torture method in which the victim sits with legs extended horizontally along a bench, upper legs held down with straps while bricks are inserted under the feet, forcing the knee joint to bend in reverse) 强心针 強心針 qiáng xīn zhēn heart-strengthening shot / fig. a shot in the arm 倒果为因 倒果為因 dào guǒ wéi yīn to reverse cause and effect / to put the horse before the cart syn 无的放矢 無的放矢 wú dì fàng shǐ to shoot without aim (idiom) / fig. to speak without thinking / firing blindly / to shoot in the air / a shot in the dark 一锤子买卖 一錘子買賣 yī chuí zi mǎi mài a one-off, short-sighted deal / a one-shot, all-out attempt 俯瞰摄影 俯瞰攝影 fǔ kàn shè yǐng crane shot / boom shot (photography) 吊球 diào qiú to perform a drop shot (tennis etc) / drop shot 散弹 散彈 sǎn dàn shot (for a shotgun) / canister shot 爆炸点间隔 爆炸點間隔 shot spacing / shooting interval / shot interval 共源收集 gòng yuán shōu jí shot gather / common source gather / common shot gather / shotpoint gather 逆转录酶 逆轉錄酶 nì zhuǎn lù méi reverse transcriptase 倒序 dào xù reverse order / inverted order 倒车挡 倒車擋 dào chē dǎng reverse gear 倒开 倒開 dào kāi to reverse a vehicle / to drive backwards 反转录 反轉錄 fǎn zhuǎn lù (molecular biology) reverse transcription 反录病毒 反錄病毒 fǎn lù bìng dú reverse transcription virus / retrovirus 打翻身仗 dǎ fān shēn zhàng to work hard towards a turnaround / to fight to reverse sth 拉米夫定 lā mǐ fū dìng Lamivudine, reverse transcriptase inhibitor marketed by GlaxoSmithKline and widely used in the treatment of hepatitis B and AIDS / brand names include Zeffix, Heptovir, Epivir and Epivir-HBV 挡位 擋位 dǎng wèi (in a manual car) gear (i.e. reverse, neutral, 1st, 2nd etc) / (automatic car) transmission mode (P, R, N, D etc) / (electric fan, cooker etc) setting / mode 逆反应 逆反應 nì fǎn yìng reverse reaction / counterreaction / inverse response 逆断层 逆斷層 nì duàn céng reverse fault (geology) / compression fault, where one block pushes over the other at dip of less than 45 degrees 逆转录病毒 逆轉錄病毒 nì zhuǎn lù bìng dú reverse transcription virus / retrovirus 逆渗透 逆滲透 nì shèn tòu reverse osmosis 反转录酶 reverse transcriptase 技术反向转让政府专家会议 技術反向轉讓政府專家會議 Meeting of Governmental Experts on the Reverse Transfer of Technology 核苷类逆转录酶抑制剂 核苷類逆轉錄酶抑制劑 nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor 逆渗透净水器 逆滲透淨水器 nì shèn tòu jìng shuǐ qì reverse osmosis water purification unit 反转录聚合酶链反应 反轉錄聚合酶鏈反應 Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; 反向否决 反向否決 reverse veto 反转录酶抑制剂 反轉錄酶抑制劑 reverse transcriptase inhibitor 技术反向转让问题政府专家组 技術反向轉讓問題政府專家組 Group of Governmental Experts on Reverse Transfer of Technology 技术反向转让机构间小组 技術反向轉讓機構間小組 Inter-Agency Group on Reverse Transfer of Technology 技术反向转让 技術反向轉讓 reverse transfer of technology 反向诱捕行动 反向誘捕行動 reverse sting operation 反向歧视 反向歧視 reverse discrimination 反白 fǎn bái reverse type (white on black) / reversed-out (graphics) / highlighting (of selected text on a computer screen) 气逆 氣逆 qì nì reverse flow of 氣|气[qi4] (TCM) 冲账 沖賬 chōng zhàng (accounting) to strike a balance / to reverse an entry / to write off 由俭入奢易,由奢入俭难 由儉入奢易,由奢入儉難 yóu jiǎn rù shē yì , yóu shē rù jiǎn nán (idiom) it is easy to go from frugality to extravagance / the reverse is not so easy 倒转 倒轉 dào zhuàn (of time, or a video clip etc) to run in reverse / Taiwan pr. [dao4zhuan3] syn 勾手 gōu shǒu to collude with / to collaborate / (basketball) hook shot 一矢中的 yī shǐ zhòng dì to hit the target with a single shot / to say something spot on (idiom) 中枪 中槍 zhòng qiāng to be hit by a gun / shot 切杆 qiē gān chip (golf shot) 大佬 dà lǎo big shot (leading some field or group) / godfather (in an organization) 采景 採景 cǎi jǐng to choose a location / to frame a shot (for filming, photography etc) 枪打出头鸟 槍打出頭鳥 qiāng dǎ chū tóu niǎo the shot hits the bird that pokes its head out (idiom) / nonconformity gets punished 激发注射 激發注射 jī fā zhù shè booster shot / booster injection 号炮 號砲 hào pào cannon used for signaling / signaling shot