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反过来

fǎn guòlái

“Conversely” in Chinese is 反过来 (fǎn guòlái).

Meaning

  • conversely
  • in reverse order
  • in an opposite direction

Example

他觉得自己占了上风,但我反过来扭转了局面。

He thought he had the upper hand, but I turned the tables on him.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

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