倒行逆施

dàoxíngnìshī
  1. to go against the tide (idiom); to do things all wrong
  2. to try to turn back history
  3. a perverse way of doing things

CEDICT

to do things in a perverse way; to go against good; to commit evil deeds

Wiktionary

不遵常理行事。後比喻違背社會俗尚，胡作非為的罪惡行徑。《史記．卷六六．伍子胥列傳》：「吾日暮途遠，吾故倒行而逆施之。」《漢書．卷六四上．主父偃傳》：「丈夫生不五鼎食，死則五鼎烹耳；吾日暮，故倒行逆施之。」也作「逆行倒施」。

重編國語辭典

  1. 不遵常理行事
  2. 違背社會俗尚，胡作非為的罪惡行徑

維基詞典

Entry Composition

1 倒行 dàoxíng
  1. (literary) to go in the opposite direction
  2. to go in the opposite direction
2 逆 nì
  1. contrary
  2. opposite
  3. backwards
  4. to go against
  5. to oppose
  6. to betray
  7. to rebel
3 施 shī
  1. (bound form) to put into effect (regulations etc)
  2. to distribute (alms etc)
  3. to apply (fertilizer etc)

Related entries

逆行倒施 nìxíngdàoshī
  1. to go against the tide (idiom); to do things all wrong
  2. to try to turn back history
  3. a perverse way of doing things