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倒	dào	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
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
倒是	dào shi	contrary to what one might expect / actually / contrariwise / why don't you
偏	piān	to lean / to slant / oblique / prejudiced / to deviate from average / to stray from the intended line / stubbornly / contrary to expectations
反而	fǎn ér	on the contrary; instead
相反	xiāng fǎn	opposite / contrary
乖	guāi	(of a child) obedient, well-behaved / clever / shrewd / alert / perverse / contrary to reason / irregular / abnormal
违背	wéi bèi	to go against / to be contrary to / to violate
偏偏	piān piān	(indicating that sth turns out just the opposite of what one would wish) unfortunately; as it happened / (indicating that sth is the opposite of what would be normal or reasonable) stubbornly; contrarily; against reason / (indicating that sb or a group is singled out) precisely; only; of all people
事与愿违	shì yǔ yuàn wéi	things turn out contrary to the way one wishes (idiom)
反倒	fǎn dào	(coll.) but on the contrary; but instead
捂	wǔ	to enclose / to cover with the hand (one's eyes, nose or ears) / to cover up (an affair) / contrary / to contradict
不期然而然	bù qī rán ér rán	happen unexpectedly / turn out contrary to one's expectations
与狐谋皮	yǔ hú móu pí	(idiom) to ask sb to act contrary to their own interests (original form of the expression 与虎谋皮)
意料之外	yì liào zhī wài	(idiom) contrary to expectation; unexpected
相悖	xiāng bèi	contrary; opposite; to run counter to
拗	ào	(bound form) intractable; contrary; disobedient
拗	niù	stubborn; perverse; contrary
悖逆	bèi nì	contrary
与虎谋皮	yǔ hǔ móu pí	lit. to negotiate with a tiger for its pelt (idiom); fig. to ask sb to act contrary to their own interests