[ xiāngfǎnxiāngchéng ] be both opposite and complementary (to each other); oppose each other and yet also complement each other
Example Sentences:
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The existence of the opposite shows both advantages and disadvantages 对立面的存在有弊有利，辩证应对则相反相成。
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In contrast only a few widely spaced lines are seen in hydrogen ' s atomic emission spectrum 相反相成，氢原子发射光谱中则只能看到少量的间隔很大的线条。
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A curious friendship theirs must have been : a pointed illustration , indeed , of the old adage that extremes meet 他说罗切斯特先生是他的故友，那必定是种奇怪的友谊，是古训“相反相成”的一个极好说明。
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Appropriate proportion . appropriately combining public and private is an ideal mechanism and permanent motive force to social development . a dialectic coordination of the two will make them supplement each other （三）比例适当。公、私有机结合、比例适当是社会发展的理想机制、不竭动力。握好二者的辨证关系就会相反相成。
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The paper concludes the 12 types of zhou yi thinking mode : the comprehensive empiric mode , the organic set mode , the original natural pattern mode , the mode of the combination of human being and the nature , the confucian orthodoxy mode , the mode of neutralization of yin and yang , the teleological mode of causation , the mode of induction and deduction , the sequential resultant mode , the opposite and complementary mode , the life subjective mode , and the mode of promoting disposition and virtue 是其“周易思维” ，它是通过一整套基本的“周易思维”模式体现出来影响后人，具体可概括为“十二型” ：经验综合型思维模式，有机整体型思维模式，天源物本型思维模式，天人合一型思维模式，三才道统型思维模式，阴阳中和型思维模式，因果目的型思维模式，归纳演绎型思维模式，有序生成型思维模式，相反相成型思维模式，生命主体型思维模式，顺性修德型思维模式。
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Proceeding from the two ideographic units of " ? " and " - - " , called yao , which symbolize the male and female genitals , yi jing regards everything as the consequence of the interaction between two opposite but interdependent primary forces , and accordingly reveals the mysteries of universe and human life 摘要从“ ” 、 “ - - ”二爻象征男女生殖器这一基本的表意单位出发， 《易经》将世间的万事万物统统视为两种相反相成的原始力量共同作用的结果，并用这种观点来揭示宇宙和人生的奥秘。
