反: 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 phonetic system...
劝说: to persuade, persuasion, to advise...
哪知道: who would have thought that......
贬义: derogatory sense, negative connotation...
自言自语: to talk to oneself, to think aloud, to soliloquize...
强: strong; powerful; better...
