開倒車

開倒車

1. (literally) to back a car; to reverse a vehicle; to drive backwards
2. (figuratively) to turn back the clock; to put the clock back; to turn back the wheel of history

   • 他們的思想離開了社會的實踐，他們不能站在社會車輪的前頭充任嚮導的工作，他們只知跟在車子後面怨恨車子走得太快了，企圖把它向後拉，開倒車。 [MSC, trad.]
     他们的思想离开了社会的实践，他们不能站在社会车轮的前头充任向导的工作，他们只知跟在车子后面怨恨车子走得太快了，企图把它向后拉，开倒车。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1937, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《實踐論》 (On Practice), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Tāmen de sīxiǎng líkāi le shèhuì de shíjiàn, tāmen bù néng zhàn zài shèhuì chēlún de qiántou chōngrèn xiàngdǎo de gōngzuò, tāmen zhǐ zhī gēn zài chēzi hòumiàn yuànhèn chēzi zǒu de tài kuài le, qǐtú bǎ tā xiàng hòu lā, kāi dàochē. [Pinyin]

     Their thinking is divorced from social practice, and they cannot march ahead to guide the chariot of society; they simply trail behind, grumbling that it goes too fast and trying to drag it back or turn it in the opposite direction.

   • 在執政黨「開倒車」的背景下，這些決心抗爭命運的女性，和一些男性「戰友」冒著疫情危險，背水一戰。 [MSC, trad.]
     在执政党「开倒车」的背景下，这些决心抗争命运的女性，和一些男性「战友」冒着疫情危险，背水一战。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2020 November 8, 卷卷, 《政府决定女人的子宫：波兰妇女抗议最严堕胎法》, in 《Vista看天下》, issue 505, page 42

     Zài zhízhèngdǎng “kāi dàochē” de bèijǐng xià, zhèxiē juéxīn kàngzhēng mìngyùn de nǚxìng, hé yīxiē nánxìng “zhànyǒu” màozhe yìqíng wēixiǎn, bèishuǐyīzhàn. [Pinyin]

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