contrary / in reverse / inside out or upside down / to reverse / to return / to oppose / opposite / against / anti- / to rebel / to use analogy / instead / abbr. for 反切[fan3 qie4] phonetic system
反
=
⺁
+
又
:
A protester (mnemonic symbol for 反) makes a racket in the anthill's living room (an3). He's got a huge banana tree (⺁) with him and wants to protest against the exploitation of banana farm workers. Frankenstein's Monster (f) is annoyed by him and punches him with a boxing glove (又).
(once) again / also / both... and... / and yet / (used for emphasis) anyway
又
=
㇇
+
㇏
:
And once again (又), Maud Younger (y) is preparing for battle. She's donning her boxing glove in the outhouse's bathroom (ou4), puts on a beak (㇇) and plans go give her opponent the finger (㇏).
board / plank / plate / shutter / table tennis bat / clappers (music) / CL:塊|块[kuai4] / accented beat in Chinese music / hard / stiff / to stop smiling or look serious
板
=
反
+
木
:
The protester (反) was protesting against the Christmas tree (木) in the anthill (an3) when Beelzebub (b) Just wanted to enjoy his drink at the bar. Beelzebub was so annoyed that he set up a plank (板) on the bar and made the protester walk the plank (板).
板
=
反
+
木
:
The protester (反) was protesting against the Christmas tree (木) in the anthill (an3) when Beelzebub (b) Just wanted to enjoy his drink at the bar. Beelzebub was so annoyed that he set up a plank (板) on the bar and made the protester walk the plank (板).
返
=
反
+
辶
:
The protester (反) just entered the anthill (an3) wearing socks and gladiator sandals (辶). Frankenstein's Monster (f) protests loudly and tells the protester to go back (返) where he came from to either wear sandals and no socks, or socks and proper shoes.
叛
=
半
+
反
:
A protester (反) is protesting against king Salomon (半) in the anthill's bathroom (an4). King Salomon sent Pinocchio (p) to fight the protester, but Pinocchio defects (叛) and switches to the protester's side.
to deal in / to buy and sell / to trade in / to retail / to peddle
贩
=
反
+
贝
:
Frankenstein's Monster (f) is trading (贩) crabs (贝) in the anthill's bathroom (an4), but there is a protester (反) loudly protesting against his animal abuse.
饭
=
反
+
饣
:
In the anthill's bathroom (an4) the protester (反) is protesting against the eating of Chinese crullers (饣) because they are so unhealthy. He rather wants Frankenstein's Monster (f) to eat a healthy raw vegan salad (饭). Frankenstein's Monster is quite happy with his cruller and beats the protester with his cruller on the head to let him know that his suggestions are not welcome.
a register / block of printing / edition / version / page
版
=
反
+
片
:
Beelzebub (b) is trying to convince the protester (反) that he should create a DVD (片) edition (版) of his documents in the anthill (an3). Beelzebub tells him that he will sell him an appropriate DVD press (版) for a special price.
traditional system expressing the phonetic value of a Chinese character using two other characters, the first for the initial consonant, the second for the rhyme and tone