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さからう

逆らう

sakarau

common

English

to go against, to defy

नेपाली

विरुद्ध जानु, विरोध गर्नु

Examples

  1. 親おやに逆さからってはいけません。

    You shouldn't defy your parents.

  2. 時代じだいの流ながれに逆さからうのは難むずかしいです。

    It's hard to go against the tide of the times.

  3. 医師いしの注意ちゅういに逆さからって働はたらき続つづけたあげく、倒たおれました。

    Going against the doctor's warnings, they kept working and ended up collapsing.

How to write it

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逆 9 strokes

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