Chinese Dictionary

Usage of the character 敵

(bound form) enemy
(bound form) to be a match for; to rival
(bound form) to resist; to withstand

no match for
cannot beat

to underestimate the enemy

front line (military)

unequalled
without rival
a paragon

to aid the enemy (with arms, ammunition, supplies, money etc)

old foe
long-standing enemy

enemy
CL:個／个 (gè)

enemy troops
hostile forces
CL:股 (gǔ)

hatred felt toward one's enemies

formidable opponent

to attack the enemy

to lure the enemy
to trap

public enemy

to go over to the enemy
to defect

enemy
foe

to antagonize people
to make an enemy of sb

pest
vermin
animal that is harmful to crops or to another species
enemy
predator

mortal enemy
arch-enemy

enemy country

to resist the enemy

defensive tower
lookout tower
enemy radio station

powerful enemy

rival in love

to confront
to face the enemy

to face the enemy
to meet an attack

political opponent

the situation of the enemy positions
intelligence about the enemy

armed enemy of the nation
enemy of the Emperor
fig. championship challenger
contender opposing champion in sporting contest

old enemy

enemy territory

to rout the enemy

enmity; hostility

the enemy general

enemy

(military) the enemy's rear
behind enemy lines

enemy

opponent
substantial adversary
worthy match
antagonist
in the enemy's hands

the enemy ranks

predator; natural enemy

enemy defense
enemy garrison

to collaborate with the enemy

remnant enemy troops

enemy plane

hostile
malevolence
antagonism
to view as enemy
to stand against

enemy spy

to be equal to
to be well-matched
rival

rival productions (of the same opera in neighboring theaters)

hostile
enemy (factions)
combative

enemy (agents)
(class) enemy

the enemy and us

enemy camp

enemy occupied territory

opposing force (in war games); hypothetical enemy (in strategic studies)

Antichrist

trichlorphon C4H8Cl3PO4, organic phosphate used as insecticide
also called dipterex

a match for ten thousand enemies

hostile
hostility

rival

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

Decis (insecticide brand)

tóngchóudíkài

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

shìjūn-lìdí

(idiom) evenly matched

xiébùdízhèng

good will always triumph over evil (idiom)

contradictions between ourselves and the enemy
Either you are for us or against us.

rénmíngōngdí

the enemy of the people
the class enemy (Marxism)

dízhòngwǒguǎ

multitude of enemies, few friends (idiom from Mencius)
heavily outnumbered
beaten by the weight of numbers

guǎbùdízhòng

the few are no match for the many
heavily outnumbered
facing impossible odds (idiom)

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

fùbèishòudí

(idiom) to be attacked from the front and rear

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

enemy agents in our midst
reds under the beds

dàdídāngqián

(idiom) to be faced with a formidable enemy

suǒxiàngwúdí

to be invincible
unrivalled

qíféngdíshǒu

see 棋逢對手／棋逢对手 (qíféngduìshǒu)

lit. as if meeting a great enemy (idiom)
fig. cautious
with great preoccupation
with strict precaution

unsurpassed
unparalleled

shàngzhènshādí

to go into battle; to strike at the enemy

wànrénzhīdí

a match for ten thousand enemies

huàdíwéiyǒu

to convert an enemy into a friend (idiom)

yǔquánshìjièwéidí

与全世界为敌

[與全世界為敵]

(idiom) to fight the whole world

bīngláijiàngdí,shuǐláitǔyàn

兵来将敌，水来土堰

[兵來將敵，水來土堰]

counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom); different situations call for different action
to adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation

bǎishèngnánlüdí,sānzhénǎiliángyī

百胜难虑敌，三折乃良医

[百勝難慮敵，三折乃良醫]

(a line from a poem by the Tang poet Liu Yuxi 劉禹錫／刘禹锡 ( Liú Yǔxī)) 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