| 鸿沟 | hóng gōu | (fig.) gulf / chasm / wide gap / (originally) the Hong Canal in Henan, which in ancient times formed the border between enemies Chu 楚[Chu3] and Han 漢|汉[Han4] |   |
| 流窜 | liú cuàn | to roam all over the place / to go into every nook and corner / to infiltrate / (of criminals, enemies etc) to be on the run / to flee and try to hide | |
| 四面楚歌 | sì miàn Chǔ gē | lit. on all sides, the songs of Chu (idiom) / fig. surrounded by enemies, isolated and without help | |
| 狭路相逢 | xiá lù xiāng féng | lit. to meet face to face on a narrow path (idiom) / fig. enemies or rivals meet face to face | |
| 交恶 | jiāo è | to become enemies / to become hostile towards | |
| 冤家路窄 | yuān jiā lù zhǎi | lit. for enemies, the road is narrow (idiom) / fig. rivals inevitably cross paths | |
| 结仇 | jié chóu | to start a feud / to become enemies | |
| 敌众我寡 | dí zhòng wǒ guǎ | multitude of enemies, few friends (idiom from Mencius) / heavily outnumbered / beaten by the weight of numbers | |
| 单刀赴会 | dān dāo fù huì | lit. to go among enemies with only one's sword (idiom) / fig. to go alone into enemy lines | |
| 反目成仇 | fǎn mù chéng chóu | (idiom) to fall out with sb / to become enemies | |
| 万人之敌 | wàn rén zhī dí | a match for ten thousand enemies | |
| 汉贼不两立 | Hàn zéi bù liǎng lì | lit. Shu Han 蜀漢|蜀汉[Shu3 Han4] and Cao Wei 曹魏[Cao2 Wei4] cannot coexist (idiom) / fig. two enemies cannot live under the same sky / (former KMT slogan against CCP) "gentlemen and thieves cannot coexist" | |
| 一夫当关，万夫莫开 | yī fū dāng guān , wàn fū mò kāi | one man can hold the pass against ten thousand enemies (idiom) | |
| 万人之敵 | wàn rén zhī dí | a match for ten thousand enemies | |
| 万人敵 | wàn rén dí | a match for ten thousand enemies | |
| 万人敌 | wàn rén dí | a match for ten thousand enemies | |
| 仇人相见，分外眼红 | chóu rén xiāng jiàn , fèn wài yǎn hóng | when the enemies come face to face, their eyes blaze with hatred (idiom) | |
| 不是冤家不聚头 | bù shì yuān jiā bù jù tóu | destiny will make enemies meet (idiom) / (often said about lovers who have a disagreement) | |
| 敌忾 | dí kài | hatred felt toward one's enemies | |
| 交恶 | jiāo wù | to become enemies / to become hostile towards each other | |
