trái ngược
Definition
- Adjective:
- Opposite; contrary: Refers to something that is completely different or in direct opposition to something else in nature, direction, or opinion.
- Contradictory: Describes statements, ideas, or facts that are mutually incompatible or logically opposed.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Quan điểm của họ hoàn toàn trái ngược. (Their viewpoints are completely opposite.)
- Kết quả thí nghiệm trái ngược với giả thuyết ban đầu. (The experiment's result is contrary to the initial hypothesis.)
- Hai bản tường trình đưa ra thông tin trái ngược nhau. (The two reports provide contradictory information.)
Advanced Usage
- Used to form compound adjectives or phrases describing a state of direct opposition.
- trái ngược nhau: to be opposite/contradictory to each other.
- Tính cách hai chị em sinh đôi đó trái ngược nhau. (The personalities of those twin sisters are opposites.)
Variants and Related Words
Đối lập (adj): opposite, antithetical. Often used in more formal or philosophical contexts.
- Hai nguyên tắc đối lập. (Two opposing principles.)
Ngược lại (phrase): on the contrary; conversely. Used to introduce a contrasting statement.
- Anh ấy không lười. Ngược lại, anh ấy rất chăm chỉ. (He is not lazy. On the contrary, he is very hardworking.)
Synonyms
- Opposite: diametrically different.
- Contrary: opposed in nature or character.
- Contradictory: mutually opposed or inconsistent.
Related Idioms
Trái khoáy: Often implies a perverse, awkward, or unreasonable opposition, with a nuance of things being "topsy-turvy" or not as they should be.
- Mọi chuyện cứ diễn ra trái khoáy. (Everything just kept going perversely wrong.)
Ngược đời: paradoxical, contrary to common sense or expectation.
- Điều đó thật ngược đời. (That is truly paradoxical.)