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Definitions

  1. 1. enemy
  2. 2. to be a match for
  3. 3. to rival
  4. 4. to resist
  5. 5. to withstand

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Words Containing 敌

敌人
dí rén

enemy

敌视
dí shì

hostile

无敌
wú dí

unequalled

上阵杀敌
shàng zhèn shā dí

to go into battle

不敌
bù dí

no match for

亦敌亦友
yì dí yì yǒu

(idiom) to be both friend and foe to each other; to have a friendly rivalry

人民公敌
rén mín gōng dí

the enemy of the people

仇敌
chóu dí

enemy

公敌
gōng dí

public enemy

兵来将敌,水来土堰
bīng lái jiàng dí , shuǐ lái tǔ yàn

to adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation

前敌
qián dí

front line (military)

劲敌
jìng dí

formidable opponent

势均力敌
shì jūn lì dí

evenly matched (idiom)

化敌为友
huà dí wéi yǒu

to convert an enemy into a friend (idiom)

匹敌
pǐ dí

to be equal to

同仇敌忾
tóng chóu dí kài

anger against a common enemy (idiom); joined in opposition to the same adversary

夙敌
sù dí

long-standing enemy

大敌当前
dà dí dāng qián

(idiom) to be faced with a formidable enemy

天敌
tiān dí

predator; natural enemy

如临大敌
rú lín dà dí

lit. as if meeting a great enemy (idiom)

守敌
shǒu dí

enemy defense

富可敌国
fù kě dí guó

having wealth equivalent to that of an entire nation (idiom)

寡不敌众
guǎ bù dí zhòng

the few are no match for the many

对敌
duì dí

to confront

对敌者
duì dí zhě

rival

强敌
qiáng dí

powerful enemy

怨敌
yuàn dí

enemy

情敌
qíng dí

rival in love

应敌
yìng dí

to face the enemy

怀敌意
huái dí yì

hostile

所向无敌
suǒ xiàng wú dí

to be invincible

投敌
tóu dí

to go over to the enemy

抗敌
kàng dí

to resist the enemy

政敌
zhèng dí

political opponent

敌占区
dí zhàn qū

enemy occupied territory

敌国
dí guó

enemy country

敌地
dí dì

enemy territory

敌基督
dí jī dū

Antichrist

敌害
dí hài

pest

敌将
dí jiàng

the enemy general

敌对
dí duì

hostile

敌对性
dí duì xìng

hostile

敌后
dí hòu

(military) the enemy's rear

敌情
dí qíng

the situation of the enemy positions

敌意
dí yì

enmity; hostility

敌忾
dí kài

hatred felt toward one's enemies

敌我
dí wǒ

the enemy and us

敌我矛盾
dí wǒ máo dùn

contradictions between ourselves and the enemy

敌手
dí shǒu

opponent

敌探
dí tàn

enemy spy

敌敌畏
dí dí wèi

(loanword) DDVP, aka dichlorvos (an organophosphate used as an insecticide)

敌方
dí fāng

enemy

敌机
dí jī

enemy plane

敌档
dí dàng

rival productions (of the same opera in neighboring theaters)

敌杀死
dí shā sǐ

Decis (insecticide brand)

敌营
dí yíng

enemy camp

敌特
dí tè

enemy (agents)

敌特分子
dí tè fèn zǐ

enemy agents in our midst

敌百虫
dí bǎi chóng

trichlorphon C4H8Cl3PO4, organic phosphate used as insecticide

敌众我寡
dí zhòng wǒ guǎ

multitude of enemies, few friends (idiom from Mencius)

敌台
dí tái

defensive tower

敌军
dí jūn

enemy troops

敌阵
dí zhèn

the enemy ranks

棋逢敌手
qí féng dí shǒu

see 棋逢對手|棋逢对手[qí féng duì shǒu]

树敌
shù dí

to antagonize people

死敌
sǐ dí

mortal enemy

残敌
cán dí

remnant enemy troops

杀敌
shā dí

to attack the enemy

溃敌
kuì dí

to rout the enemy

无可匹敌
wú kě pǐ dí

unsurpassed

百胜难虑敌,三折乃良医
bǎi shèng nán lǜ dí , sān zhé nǎi liáng yī

(a line from a poem by the Tang poet Liu Yuxi 劉禹錫|刘禹锡[liú yǔ xī]) 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

御敌
yù dí

armed enemy of the nation

腹背受敌
fù bèi shòu dí

to be attacked from the front and rear (idiom)

与全世界为敌
yǔ quán shì jiè wéi dí

to fight the whole world (idiom)

万人之敌
wàn rén zhī dí

a match for ten thousand enemies

万人敌
wàn rén dí

a match for ten thousand enemies

轻敌
qīng dí

to underestimate the enemy

通敌
tōng dí

to collaborate with the enemy

邪不敌正
xié bù dí zhèng

good will always triumph over evil (idiom)

饵敌
ěr dí

to lure the enemy