| 反贼 |
fǎn zéi |
(imperial China) rebel; traitor / (post-1949) enemy of the state; counter-revolutionary / (slang) dissident (used self-referentially, esp. in pro-democracy circles) |
| 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 phonetic system |
| 贼 |
zéi |
thief; robber / (bound form) traitor; subversive / (bound form) evil; wicked / sly; shifty; devious / (literary) to harm; to injure / (coll.) extremely; insanely; damn (common in NE China and Taiwan) |