倒行逆施

倒
行
逆
施
to go against the tide (idiom); to do things all wrong / to try to turn back history / a perverse way of doing things

Characters and words in 倒行逆施

倒
dǎo = d + ao3
to fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally / to fail; to go bankrupt / to overthrow / to change (trains or buses) / to move around / to resell at a profit
倒 = 亻 + 到 : Rosa Luxemburg (亻) arrived (到) in the aorta (ao3) and is greeted by Don Quixote (d), who, clumsily, topples and falls on to the ground (倒) right before Rosa when he actually wants to hug her.
倒
dào = d + ao4
to invert; to place upside down or frontside back / to pour out / to tip out; to dump / inverted; upside down; reversed / to go backward / contrary to what one might expect; but; yet
行
háng = h + ang2
row / line / commercial firm / line of business / profession / to rank (first, second etc) among one's siblings (by age) / (in data tables) row / (Tw) column
行
xíng = xi + (e)ng2
to walk / to go / to travel / a visit / temporary / makeshift / current / in circulation / to do / to perform / capable / competent / effective / all right / OK! / will do / behavior / conduct / Taiwan pr. [xing4] for the behavior-conduct sense
行 = 亍 + 彳 : Mnemonic symbol from "to travel": seven-league boots.

Xi Shi (xi) is tired of walking with a black sneaker on her left foot (彳) and a full armor boot on her right foot (亍). Fortunately she finds seven-league boots (行) in the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2).
逆
nì = ni + Ø4
contrary / opposite / backwards / to go against / to oppose / to betray / to rebel
逆 = 屰 + 辶 : Nefertiti's (ni) son has lost all her money in a casino. As Nefertiti hears of her disobedient (屰) son's doings she pulls off one of her gladiator sandals (辶) to beat him to death in the space station's bathroom (Ø4) and exclaims "逆子！"
施
shi̅ = sh + Ø1
surname Shi
施
shi̅ = sh + Ø1
(bound form) to put into effect (regulations etc) / to distribute (alms etc) / to apply (fertilizer etc)
施 = 㐌 + 方 : The savage (㐌) bestows (施) Sherlock Holmes (sh) a square (方) as sign for their friendship in front of the space station (Ø1).

Words with 倒行逆施

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Sentences with 倒行逆施

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