He thought he had the upper hand, but I turned the tables on him.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
反过来
conversely
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
conversely
02
in reverse order
03
in an opposite direction
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 反过来 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 反过来 appears in 4 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
To change the units from metric to imperial and vice versa, the 'menu' button must be clicked.
If mankind doesn't take care of the environment, the environment may eliminate mankind.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 反过来.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 反过来.
Directly before
- 或反过来1
- 会反过来1
- 我反过来1
Directly after
- 反过来操作1
- 反过来把1
- 反过来扭转1
- 反过来不行1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 反过来
What does 反过来 mean in Chinese?
反过来 (fǎnguolái) means conversely.
How do you pronounce 反过来?
反过来 is pronounced fǎnguolái.
Is 反过来 an HSK word?
反过来 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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