Definition & Meaning

1.anarrhea; backset; backwash; contra-flow

2.countercurrent; adverse current; back current; do something that flies in the face of public will

3.reflux; counter/reverse flow

nì liú

逆 流

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1
v.anarrhea; backset; backwash; contra-flow
- chì dào nì liú
  赤道逆流
  equatorial countercurrent
- yú běn néng de nì liú ér shàng
  鱼本能地逆流而上。
  Fish instinctively fight their way upstream against the current.
- zhè tiáo chuán wú fǎ nì liú qián jìn
  这条船无法逆流前进。
  The boat couldn't make head against the current.
synonym
nì shuǐ逆水
antonym
shùn liú顺流
2
n.metacountercurrent; adverse current; back current; do something that flies in the face of public will
- dǐng zhù nì liú
  顶住逆流
  resist the adverse current
- fǎn gé mìng de nì liú
  反革命的逆流
  antirevolutionary countercurrent
- fǎn dòng de nì liú
  反动的逆流
  reactionary countercurrent
3
n.reflux; counter/reverse flow
- nì liú fá
  逆流阀
  reflux valve
- nì liú shì huàn rè qì
  逆流式换热器
  reversed-flow heat exchanger

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