敌 人 dí rén enemy / CL:個|个[ge4] 敌 方 dí fāng enemy 敌 对 dí duì hostile / enemy (factions) / combative 冤 家 yuān jia enemy / foe / (in opera) sweetheart or destined love 对 头 duì tou (longstanding) opponent / enemy / inimical / adversary / opponent 仇 家 chóu jiā enemy / foe 仇 敌 chóu dí enemy 打 落 水 狗 dǎ luò shuǐ gǒu lit. to beat a drowning dog (idiom) / fig. to pulverize an (already defeated) enemy / to hit sb when he's down 敌 enemy / to be a match for / to rival / to resist / to withstand 敌 特 dí tè enemy (agents) / (class) enemy 寇 to invade / to plunder / bandit / foe / enemy 冤 家 对 头 yuān jiā duì tóu enemy (idiom) / opponent / arch-enemy 抄 袭 chāo xí to plagiarize / to copy / to attack the flank or rear of an enemy 舌 头 shé tou tongue / CL:個|个[ge4] / enemy soldier captured for the purpose of extracting information 敌 军 dí jūn enemy troops / hostile forces / CL:股[gu3] 大 肆 dà sì wantonly / without restraint (of enemy or malefactor) / unbridled 迎 战 yíng zhàn to meet the enemy head-on 仇 人 chóu rén foe / one's personal enemy 穿 插 chuān chā to insert / to take turns, alternate / to interweave / to interlace / subplot / interlude / episode / (military) to thrust deep into the enemy forces 强 敌 qiáng dí powerful enemy 攻 占 gōng zhàn to seize control of (an enemy position) / (fig.) to take by storm / to gain (awards, control of a market etc) 外 线 wài xiàn (military) line of troops encircling an enemy position / (telephony) outside line / (basketball) outside the three-point line 杀 敌 shā dí to attack the enemy 对 敌 duì dí to confront / to face the enemy 沦 陷 lún xiàn to fall into enemy hands / to be occupied / to degenerate / to submerge 合 作 者 hé zuò zhě co-worker / collaborator / also collaborator with the enemy 失 守 shī shǒu (military) (of a city etc) to fall into enemy hands / (fig.) to take a turn for the worse 敌 我 dí wǒ the enemy and us 天 敌 tiān dí predator / natural enemy 轻 敌 qīng dí to underestimate the enemy 知 己 知 彼 zhī jǐ zhī bǐ know yourself, know your enemy (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War" 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[Sun1 zi3 Bing1 fa3]) 公 敌 gōng dí public enemy 仇 视 chóu shì to view sb as an enemy / to be hateful towards 半 壁 江 山 bàn bì jiāng shān half of the country (esp. when half the country has fallen into enemy hands) / vast swathe of territory 敌 视 dí shì hostile / malevolence / antagonism / to view as enemy / to stand against 乘 胜 chéng shèng to follow up a victory / to pursue retreating enemy 敌 机 dí jī enemy plane 合 围 hé wéi to surround / to close in around (one's enemy, prey etc) 冲 锋 陷 阵 chōng fēng xiàn zhèn to charge and break through enemy lines 死 对 头 sǐ duì tou arch-enemy / sworn enemy 死 敌 sǐ dí mortal enemy / arch-enemy 敌 情 dí qíng the situation of the enemy positions / intelligence about the enemy 宿 敌 sù dí old enemy 迎 击 yíng jī to face an attack / to repulse the enemy 内 奸 nèi jiān undiscovered traitor / enemy within one's own ranks 打 草 惊 蛇 dǎ cǎo jīng shé lit. beat the grass to scare the snake (idiom) / fig. to inadvertently alert an enemy / to punish sb as a warning to others 敌 国 dí guó enemy country 敌 阵 dí zhèn the enemy ranks 私 通 sī tōng to have secret ties with / to be in covert communication with (the enemy etc) / to engage in an illicit sexual relationship / adultery 招 安 zhāo ān to enlist enemy or rebel soldiers by offering amnesty 同 仇 敌 忾 tóng chóu dí kài anger against a common enemy (idiom) / joined in opposition to the same adversary 抗 敌 kàng dí to resist the enemy 飞 贼 fēi zéi cat burglar / burglar who gains entrance by scaling walls / intruding enemy airman / air marauder 桥 头 堡 qiáo tóu bǎo bridgehead (military) / stronghold serving as a base for advancing further into enemy territory / bridge tower (ornamental structure at either end of a bridge) / (fig.) gateway (place that provides access to other places beyond it) / bridgehead (key location serving as a base for further expansion) 树 敌 shù dí to antagonize people / to make an enemy of sb 御 敌 yù dí armed enemy of the nation / enemy of the Emperor / fig. championship challenger / contender opposing champion in sporting contest 敌 营 dí yíng enemy camp 助 纣 为 虐 zhù Zhòu wéi nu:è lit. helping tyrant Zhou 商紂王|商纣王[Shang1 Zhou4 wang2] in his oppression (idiom) / fig. to take the side of the evildoer / giving succor to the enemy 应 敌 yìng dí to face the enemy / to meet an attack 草 木 皆 兵 cǎo mù jiē bīng lit. every tree or bush an enemy soldier (idiom) / fig. to panic and treat everyone as an enemy / to feel beleaguered 政 敌 zhèng dí political enemy / opponent 暗 箭 àn jiàn attack by a hidden enemy / a stab in the back 化 敌 为 友 huà dí wéi yǒu to convert an enemy into a friend (idiom) 投 敌 tóu dí to go over to the enemy / to defect 降 将 xiáng jiàng surrendered enemy general 疾 恶 如 仇 jí wù rú chóu to hate evil as one hates an enemy (idiom) 穷 寇 qióng kòu cornered enemy 招 抚 zhāo fǔ to enlist enemy or rebel soldiers by offering amnesty / to bring to negotiated surrender 疑 兵 yí bīng troops deployed to mislead the enemy 蒙 难 méng nàn to meet with disaster / killed / in the clutches of the enemy / to fall foul of / in danger 疑 阵 yí zhèn a diversion / a feint attack to mislead the enemy 认 贼 作 父 rèn zéi zuò fù lit. to acknowledge the bandit as one's father (idiom) / fig. a complete betrayal / to sell oneself to the enemy 守 敌 shǒu dí enemy defense / enemy garrison 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 敌 占 区 dí zhàn qū enemy occupied territory 馘 (literary) to cut off the left ear of a slain enemy / the severed ear of a slain enemy 大 敌 当 前 dà dí dāng qián facing a powerful enemy (idiom) / fig. confronting grave difficulties / Enemy at the Gates, 1991 movie by Jean-Jacques Annaud 以 逸 待 劳 yǐ yì dài láo to wait at one's ease for the exhausted enemy / to nurture one's strength and bide one's time (idiom) 避 其 锐 气 击 其 惰 归 bì qí ruì qì jī qí duò guī to avoid the enemy when he is fresh and strike him when he is tired and withdraws 出 其 不 意 攻 其 不 备 chū qí bù yì gōng qí bù bèi catch an enemy off guard with a surprise attack (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War" 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[Sun1 zi3 Bing1 fa3]) 咬 人 狗 儿 不 露 齿 yǎo rén gǒu r bù lù chǐ lit. the dog that bites does not show its fangs (idiom) / fig. You can't tell the really dangerous enemy from his external appearance. 敌 我 矛 盾 dí wǒ máo dùn contradictions between ourselves and the enemy / Either you are for us or against us. 灭 此 朝 食 miè cǐ zhāo shí lit. not to have breakfast until the enemy is destroyed / anxious to do battle (idiom) 知 彼 知 己 zhī bǐ zhī jǐ to know the enemy and know oneself (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War") 空 室 清 野 kōng shì qīng yě empty room, clean field (idiom) / clean out everything to leave nothing for the enemy / scorched earth policy 视 如 寇 仇 shì rú kòu chóu to regard as an enemy 调 虎 离 山 diào hǔ lí shān to lure the tiger from its domain in the mountains (idiom) / to lure an enemy away from his territory 追 亡 逐 北 zhuī wáng zhú běi to pursue and attack a fleeing enemy 追 奔 逐 北 zhuī bēn zhú běi to pursue and attack a fleeing enemy 赔 了 夫 人 又 折 兵 péi le fū rén yòu zhé bīng having given away a bride, to lose one's army on top of it (idiom) / to suffer a double loss after trying to trick the enemy 养 虎 为 患 yǎng hǔ wéi huàn lit. to nurture a tiger invites calamity / fig. to indulge one's enemy is asking for trouble (idiom) 夙 敌 sù dí old foe / long-standing enemy 残 敌 cán dí defeated enemy 捕 俘 bǔ fú to capture enemy personnel (for intelligence purposes) 南 泥 湾 Nán ní wān Nanniwan, township 45 km south of Yan'an 延安[Yan2 an1], Shaanxi / "Nanniwan", a song written in 1943 to celebrate the achievements of communist revolutionaries in Nanniwan, where the 359th brigade of the Eighth Route Army reclaimed barren land as part of a campaign to become self-sufficient in food during a blockade by enemy forces 上 阵 杀 敌 shàng zhèn shā dí to go into battle / to strike at the enemy 乘 胜 追 击 chéng shèng zhuī jī to follow up a victory and press home the attack / to pursue retreating enemy 二 鬼 子 èr guǐ zi traitor / collaborator with the enemy 人 民 公 敌 rén mín gōng dí the enemy of the people / the class enemy (Marxism) 假 道 伐 虢 jiǎ dào fá Guó to obtain safe passage to conquer the State of Guo / to borrow the resources of an ally to attack a common enemy (idiom)
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