敵 dí

enemy, foe, rival; resist

DEFINITIONS

  • enemy, foe, rival
  • resist
  • enemy
  • to be a match for
  • to rival
  • to resist
  • to withstand

WORDS

上陣殺敵 shàng zhèn shā dí to go into battle; to strike at the enemy
不敵 bù dí no match for; cannot beat
人民公敵 rén mín gōng dí the enemy of the people; the class enemy (Marxism)
仇敵 chóu dí enemy
公敵 gōng dí public enemy
兵來將敵，水來土堰 bīng lái jiàng dí ， shuǐ lái tǔ yàn counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom); different situations call for different action; to adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation
前敵 qián dí front line (military)
勁敵 jìng dí formidable opponent
勢均力敵 shì jūn lì dí evenly matched (idiom)
化敵為友 huà dí wéi yǒu to convert an enemy into a friend (idiom)
匹敵 pǐ dí to be equal to; to be well-matched; rival
同仇敵愾 tóng chóu dí kài anger against a common enemy (idiom); joined in opposition to the same adversary
夙敵 sù dí old foe; long-standing enemy
大敵當前 dà dí dāng qián facing a powerful enemy (idiom); fig. confronting grave difficulties; Enemy at the Gates, 1991 movie by Jean-Jacques Annaud
天敵 tiān dí predator; natural enemy
守敵 shǒu dí enemy defense; enemy garrison
宿敵 sù dí old enemy
富可敵國 fù kě dí guó having wealth equivalent to that of an entire nation (idiom); extremely wealthy
寡不敵眾 guǎ bù dí zhòng the few are no match for the many; heavily outnumbered; facing impossible odds (idiom)
對敵 duì dí to confront; to face the enemy
對敵者 duì dí zhě rival
強敵 qiáng dí powerful enemy
怨敵 yuàn dí enemy; foe
情敵 qíng dí rival in love
應敵 yìng dí to face the enemy; to meet an attack
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