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


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