We’ll explain 「倒行逆施」 clearly, including its application and pinyin in both Mandarin and Cantonese.

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This time, we present the Chinese idiom 「倒行逆施」, with its definition and usage detailed below.

Originally it meant doing things against common sense and using any means necessary. It now mostly refers to actions that go against the trend of the times or the will of the people.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

dǎo háng nì shī

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

dou2 haang4/hong4/hang4 yik6 si1

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