They swam against the current.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
逆流而上
to sail against the current
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
to sail against the current
02
(fig.) to go against the flow
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 逆流而上 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 逆流而上 appears in 3 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
Let's try and swim against the current.
We rowed up the river against the current.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 逆流而上.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 逆流而上.
Directly before
- 划著船逆流而上1
- 试著逆流而上1
- 他们逆流而上1
Directly after
- No repeated neighbour in the corpus.
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 逆流而上
What does 逆流而上 mean in Chinese?
逆流而上 (nìliúérshàng) means to sail against the current.
How do you pronounce 逆流而上?
逆流而上 is pronounced nìliúérshàng.
Is 逆流而上 an HSK word?
逆流而上 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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