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Chinese dictionary
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adj.reactionary; safeguarding the old system and opposing progress and revolution
这种反动的东西,我们万万不能要。
Under no circumstances should we accept such a reactionary thing.
那个反动政权被一次武装起义推翻了。
The reactionary regime was thrown down by an armed uprising.
必须批判资产阶级的反动思想。
It is necessary to subject reactionary bourgeois ideology to criticism.
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n.reaction
从历史上看,党八股是对五四运动的一种反动。
From an historical perspective, stereotyped Party writing was in fact a reaction to the May 4th Movement.
她弃家出走,是对旧社会婚姻压迫的反动。
She finally left home in an effort to counter the tyranny of arranged marriage in the old society.
文言文的滥用是对推广普通话的一种反动。
The indiscriminate use of the classic Chinese runs counter to the popularization of putonghua.