"Adversary" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 duì shǒu opponent / rival / competitor / (well-matched) adversary / match
 duì tou (longstanding) opponent / enemy / inimical / adversary / opponent
 duì kàng zhě adversary / opponent
 dí shǒu opponent / substantial adversary / worthy match / antagonist / in the enemy's hands
 duì lěi to face off against one's adversary (military, sports etc)
 tóng chóu dí kài anger against a common enemy (idiom) / joined in opposition to the same adversary
 kōng chéng jì the empty city stratagem (in which Zhuge Liang presents himself as unperturbed while making it evident that his city is undefended, hoping his adversary will suspect an ambush) / double bluff
 kuà xià zhī rǔ lit. the humiliation of having to crawl between the legs of one's adversary (as Han Xin 韓信|韩信[Han2 Xin4] supposedly did rather than engage in a sword fight) (idiom) / fig. utter humiliation
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