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Originally a pictograph of an upside-down person (屰), the character later acquired the walking radical 辶 (chuò) to emphasize movement in the wrong direction. In its modern form, 逆 is a phono-semantic compound: 辶 indicates motion or a path, while 屰 (nì) provides the sound and the core meaning of inversion. It means to go against, disobey, or travel contrary to the expected way, defying authority, opposing a prevailing current, or contradicting the natural order.
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我逆风行走。
他逆向行驶。
逆境让人坚强。
球队逆转了比赛。
她的意见很逆耳。
年轻人有时会叛逆。
在逆光环境下拍照很难。
经济逆境中，企业需要创新求生存。
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