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enemy / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
unequalled / without rival / a paragon
HSK 7-9
(military) the enemy's rear / behind enemy lines
hostile / enemy (factions) / combative
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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
public enemy
predator; natural enemy
no match for / cannot beat
to attack the enemy
enemy
enmity; hostility
opponent / substantial adversary / worthy match / antagonist / in the enemy's hands
enemy country
mortal enemy / arch-enemy
to confront / to face the enemy
old enemy
hostile / malevolence / antagonism / to view as enemy / to stand against
to antagonize people / to make an enemy of sb
formidable opponent
the enemy and us
having wealth equivalent to that of an entire nation (idiom) / extremely wealthy
to be equal to / to be well-matched / rival
enemy
enemy plane
rival in love
enemy camp
to underestimate the enemy
the situation of the enemy positions / intelligence about the enemy
the enemy ranks
to go over to the enemy / to defect
enemy troops / hostile forces / CL:
powerful enemy
lit. as if meeting a great enemy (idiom) / fig. cautious / with great preoccupation / with strict precaution
(idiom) evenly matched
to resist the enemy
(idiom) to be attacked from the front and rear
(loanword) DDVP, aka dichlorvos (an organophosphate used as an insecticide)
anger against a common enemy (idiom); joined in opposition to the same adversary
to collaborate with the enemy
political opponent
front line (military)
(idiom) to be faced with a formidable enemy
to be invincible / unrivalled
the few are no match for the many / heavily outnumbered / facing impossible odds (idiom)
multitude of enemies, few friends (idiom from Mencius) / heavily outnumbered / beaten by the weight of numbers
to face the enemy / to meet an attack
trichlorphon C4H8Cl3PO4, organic phosphate used as insecticide / also called dipterex
pest / vermin / animal that is harmful to crops or to another species / enemy / predator
enemy defense / enemy garrison
a match for ten thousand enemies
defensive tower / lookout tower / enemy radio station
remnant enemy troops
old foe / long-standing enemy
enemy (agents) / (class) enemy
enemy occupied territory
enemy spy
the enemy general
hatred felt toward one's enemies
to rout the enemy
to aid the enemy (with arms, ammunition, supplies, money etc)
to lure the enemy / to trap
rival productions (of the same opera in neighboring theaters)
enemy territory
Antichrist
the enemy of the people / the class enemy (Marxism)
to convert an enemy into a friend (idiom)
opposing force (in war games); hypothetical enemy (in strategic studies)
armed enemy of the nation / enemy of the Emperor / fig. championship challenger / contender opposing champion in sporting contest
a match for ten thousand enemies
unsurpassed / unparalleled
contradictions between ourselves and the enemy / Either you are for us or against us.
to go into battle; to strike at the enemy
(idiom) to be both friend and foe to each other; to have a friendly rivalry
counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom); different situations call for different action / to adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation
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
rival
enemy / foe
hostile / hostility
Decis (insecticide brand)
enemy agents in our midst / reds under the beds
(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
good will always triumph over evil (idiom)


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