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enemy / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
enemy
to be equal to / to be well-matched / rival
enemy general; the opposing side's commander
predator; natural enemy
the situation of the enemy positions / intelligence about the enemy
(idiom) evenly matched
unequalled / without rival / a paragon
HSK 7-9
having wealth equivalent to that of an entire nation (idiom) / extremely wealthy
to convert an enemy into a friend (idiom)
rival in love
(idiom) to fight the whole world
a match for ten thousand enemies
enemy
mortal enemy / arch-enemy
the enemy of the people / the class enemy (Marxism)
hostile / enemy (factions) / combative
(idiom) to be both friend and foe to each other; to have a friendly rivalry
political opponent
formidable opponent
(military) the enemy's rear / behind enemy lines
contradictions between ourselves and the enemy / Either you are for us or against us.
unsurpassed / unparalleled
no match for / cannot beat
to resist the enemy
enemy spy
public enemy
opponent / substantial adversary / worthy match / antagonist / in the enemy's hands
enemy country
hatred felt toward one's enemies
to attack 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
enemy defense / enemy garrison
to be invincible / unrivalled
enmity; hostility
powerful enemy
enemy troops / hostile forces / CL:
remnant enemy troops
to confront / to face the enemy
Antichrist
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
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(bound form) enemy / (bound form) to be a match for; to rival / (bound form) to resist; to withstand
enemy territory
enemy plane
to collaborate with the enemy
old enemy
hostility; antagonism / adversarial; hostile
(loanword) DDVP, aka dichlorvos (an organophosphate used as an insecticide)
to antagonize people / to make an enemy of sb
to go over to the enemy / to defect
enemy occupied territory
hostile / malevolence / antagonism / to view as enemy / to stand against
front line (military)
opposing force (in war games); hypothetical enemy (in strategic studies)
to face the enemy / to meet an attack
enemy (agents) / (class) enemy
defensive tower / lookout tower / enemy radio station
pest / vermin / animal that is harmful to crops or to another species / enemy / predator
rival productions (of the same opera in neighboring theaters)
enemy agent; spy (esp. from a hostile foreign power)
good will always triumph over evil (idiom)
trichlorfon (C4H8Cl3O4P), organophosphate insecticide; also called dipterex
the enemy and us
counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom); different situations call for different action / to adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation
enemy / foe
old foe / long-standing enemy
the few are no match for the many / heavily outnumbered / facing impossible odds (idiom)
enemy camp
a match for ten thousand enemies
armed enemy of the nation / enemy of the Emperor / fig. championship challenger / contender opposing champion in sporting contest
to lure the enemy / to trap
to rout the enemy
(a line from a poem by the Tang poet Liu Yuxi 劉禹錫|刘禹锡) one gains very little insight into one's enemy from a hundred victories, but he who breaks his arm three times will be a good doctor / (fig.) one learns more from one's failures than from one's successes
to aid the enemy (with arms, ammunition, supplies, money etc)
(idiom) to be attacked from the front and rear
Decis (insecticide brand)
(idiom) to be faced with a formidable enemy


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