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HSK
anyway / in any case / to come over from the enemy's side
HSK 3
to solve; to resolve; to settle (a problem) / to eliminate; to wipe out (an enemy, bandits etc)
HSK 3
enemy / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
to plagiarize / to copy / to attack the flank or rear of an enemy
HSK 7-9
wantonly / without restraint (of enemy or malefactor) / unbridled
HSK 7-9
(gaming) kill threshold; the critical health point cutoff at which an enemy can be finished off immediately / (fig.) (slang) a critical survival threshold; a point beyond which a person or household lacks sufficient buffer such that a single shock leads to rapid collapse
lit. helping tyrant Zhou 商紂王|商纣王 in his oppression (idiom) / fig. to take the side of the evildoer / giving succor to the enemy
know yourself, know your enemy (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War" 孫子兵法|孙子兵法)
tongue / CL: 個|个 / enemy soldier captured for the purpose of extracting information
HSK 6
enemy
undiscovered traitor / enemy within one's own ranks
enemy general; the opposing side's commander
predator; natural enemy
the situation of the enemy positions / intelligence about the enemy
half of the country (esp. when half the country has fallen into enemy hands) / vast swathe of territory
the military and the police / military alert (announcing the approach of the enemy)
lit. on all sides, the songs of Chu (idiom) / fig. surrounded by enemies, isolated and without help
to wait at one's ease for the exhausted enemy / to nurture one's strength and bide one's time (idiom)
foe / one's personal enemy
HSK 7-9
enemy / foe / (in opera) sweetheart or destined love
(idiom) to fall out with sb; to become enemies
(of enemy forces) to invade; to attack
to regard as an enemy
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  *仇* | 仇* | *仇
hatred / animosity / enmity / foe / enemy / to feel animosity toward (the wealthy, foreigners etc)
HSK 7-9
to convert an enemy into a friend (idiom)
to control / to curb / to restrict / to impede / to pin down (enemy troops)
HSK 7-9
to know the enemy and know oneself (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War")
to seize control of (an enemy position) / (fig.) to take by storm / to gain (awards, control of a market etc)
(idiom) to defeat the enemy by capturing their leader
lit. to meet face to face on a narrow path (idiom) / fig. enemies or rivals meet face to face
a match for ten thousand enemies
an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth (idiom) / fig. to use the enemy's methods against him / to give sb a taste of his own medicine
to catch an enemy off guard with a surprise attack (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War" 孫子兵法|孙子兵法)
lit. to nurture a tiger invites calamity / fig. to indulge one's enemy is asking for trouble (idiom)
enemy / foe
to capture (enemy property or personnel) / capture (physics: absorption of subatomic particle by an atom or nucleus)
HSK 7-9
enemy
mortal enemy / arch-enemy
the enemy of the people / the class enemy (Marxism)
hostile / enemy (factions) / combative
enemy (idiom); opponent / arch-enemy
to follow up a victory and press home the attack / to pursue retreating enemy
to cache; to hide supplies (from the enemy)
(idiom) (of enemies) cannot live under the same sky; absolutely irreconcilable
(imperial China) rebel; traitor / (post-1949) enemy of the state; counter-revolutionary / (slang) dissident (used self-referentially, esp. in pro-democracy circles)
to surround / to close in around (one's enemy, prey etc)
to grapple (with the enemy) / to fight at the risk of one's life
to follow up a victory / to pursue retreating enemy
to enlist enemy or rebel soldiers by offering amnesty / to bring to negotiated surrender
(military) the enemy's rear / behind enemy lines
lit. shut the door and beat the dog (idiom) / fig. seal off the enemy's avenue of retreat, then strike hard
enemy-held territory
know yourself and know your enemy, and you will never be defeated (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War" 孫子兵法|孙子兵法)
to surrender (of a fortress) / to fall (to the enemy) / subsidence (of land)
contradictions between ourselves and the enemy / Either you are for us or against us.
to charge and break through enemy lines
to view sb as an enemy; to be hateful towards
to resist the enemy
to recruit surrendered enemy and deserters (idiom); to gather together a gang of villains
enemy spy
public enemy
to lure the tiger from its domain in the mountains (idiom) / to lure an enemy away from his territory
opponent / substantial adversary / worthy match / antagonist / in the enemy's hands
enemy country
hatred felt toward one's enemies
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  *枚* | 枚* | *枚
classifier for small objects: coins, badges, rings, carved seals, chess pieces, eggs, fingerprints etc (more formal than 個|个) / classifier for bombs, missiles, satellites etc / (on product packaging) classifier for flat items (from Japanese "mai") / (old) stick used as a gag to prevent soldiers from talking while sneaking up on the enemy
HSK 7-9
cat burglar / burglar who gains entrance by scaling walls / intruding enemy airman / air marauder
lit. for enemies, the road is narrow (idiom) / fig. rivals inevitably cross paths
lit. to beat a drowning dog (idiom) / fig. to pulverize an (already defeated) enemy / to hit sb when he's down
to prepare to meet the enemy head-on
to enlist enemy or rebel soldiers by offering amnesty
to attack the enemy
to insert / to take turns, alternate / to interweave / to interlace / subplot / interlude / episode / (military) to thrust deep into the enemy forces
destiny will make enemies meet (idiom) / (often said about lovers who have a disagreement)
lit. beat the grass to scare the snake (idiom) / fig. to inadvertently alert an enemy / to punish sb as a warning to others
to meet the enemy head-on
co-worker / collaborator / also collaborator with the enemy
multitude of enemies, few friends (idiom from Mencius) / heavily outnumbered / beaten by the weight of numbers
the enemy ranks
to underestimate the enemy
to face an attack / to repulse the enemy
(fig.) gulf; chasm; wide gap / (originally) the Hong Canal in Henan, which in ancient times formed the border between enemies Chu and Han 漢|汉
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  *陷* | 陷* | *陷
pitfall / trap / to get stuck / to sink / to cave in / to frame (false charge) / to capture (a city in battle) / to fall (to the enemy) / defect
HSK 7-9
arch-enemy / sworn enemy
when the enemies come face to face, their eyes blaze with hatred (idiom)
enemy defense / enemy garrison
trestle; support; stand; frame / (medicine) stent / to prop up / to resist; to withstand (an enemy attack etc)
16-character formula, esp. Mao Zedong's mantra on guerrilla warfare: 敵進我退敵駐我擾敵疲我打敵退我追|敌进我退敌驻我扰敌疲我打敌退我追 when the enemy advances we retreat; when the enemy makes camp we harass; when the enemy is exhausted we fight; and when the enemy retreats we pursue
powerful enemy
enemy troops / hostile forces / CL:
remnant enemy troops
the trick of injuring oneself to gain the enemy's confidence / CL: 條|条
to besiege and strike the relief force (idiom); strategy of surrounding a unit to entice the enemy to reinforce, then striking the new troops
to confront / to face the enemy
cornered enemy
anger against a common enemy (idiom); joined in opposition to the same adversary
lit. as if meeting a great enemy (idiom) / fig. cautious / with great preoccupation / with strict precaution
fire beacon tower (used in frontier regions in former times to relay information about the enemy, using smoke by day and fire at night)
to crush one's own foot while trying to maneuver a rock (to a cliff edge, to drop on one's enemy) (idiom) / hoisted by one's own petard
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  *敌* | 敌* | *敌
(bound form) enemy / (bound form) to be a match for; to rival / (bound form) to resist; to withstand

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