"arch-enemy" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
解决 解決 jiě jué to solve / to resolve / to settle (a problem) / to eliminate / to wipe out (an enemy, bandits etc) syn
敌人 敵人 dí rén enemy / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
反正 fǎn zhèng anyway / in any case / to come over from the enemy's side syn
舌头 舌頭 shé tou tongue / CL:個|个[ge4] / enemy soldier captured for the purpose of extracting information syn
大肆 dà sì wantonly / without restraint (of enemy or malefactor) / unbridled syn
牵制 牽制 qiān zhì to control / to curb / to restrict / to impede / to pin down (enemy troops) syn
敌视 敵視 dí shì hostile / malevolence / antagonism / to view as enemy / to stand against syn
来犯 來犯 lái fàn (of enemy forces) to invade / to attack
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 syn
弓背 gōng bèi to hunch over / to stoop / to arch one's back (upward)
单刀赴会 單刀赴會 dān dāo fù huì lit. to go among enemies with only one's sword (idiom) / fig. to go alone into enemy lines
méi classifier for small objects: coins, badges, rings, carved seals, chess pieces, eggs, fingerprints etc (more formal than 個|个[ge4]) / classifier for bombs, missiles, satellites etc / (on product packaging) classifier for flat items (from Japanese 枚 "mai") / (old) stick used as a gag to prevent soldiers from talking while sneaking up on the enemy syn
diào a string of 100 cash (arch.) / to lament / to condole with / variant of 吊[diao4] syn
抄袭 抄襲 chāo xí to plagiarize / to copy / to attack the flank or rear of an enemy syn
敌军 敵軍 dí jūn enemy troops / hostile forces / CL:股[gu3]
支架 zhī jià trestle / support / stand / frame / (medicine) stent / to prop up / to resist / to withstand (an enemy attack etc)
迎战 迎戰 yíng zhàn to meet the enemy head-on syn
仇人 chóu rén foe / one's personal enemy syn
攻打 gōng dǎ to attack (the enemy) syn
敌方 敵方 dí fāng enemy syn
敌对 敵對 dí duì hostile / enemy (factions) / combative syn
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 syn
强敌 強敵 qiáng dí powerful enemy
冤家 yuān jia enemy / foe / (in opera) sweetheart or destined love syn
敌手 敵手 dí shǒu opponent / substantial adversary / worthy match / antagonist / in the enemy's hands syn
攻占 攻佔 gōng zhàn to seize control of (an enemy position) / (fig.) to take by storm / to gain (awards, control of a market etc) syn
外线 外線 wài xiàn (military) line of troops encircling an enemy position / (telephony) outside line / (basketball) outside the three-point line
杀敌 殺敵 shā dí to attack the enemy
牌坊 pái fāng memorial arch
对头 對頭 duì tou (longstanding) opponent / enemy / inimical / adversary / opponent syn
对敌 對敵 duì dí to confront / to face the enemy
沦陷 淪陷 lún xiàn to fall into enemy hands / to be occupied / to degenerate / to submerge syn
打翻 dǎ fān to overturn / to overthrow / to strike down (an enemy) syn
合作者 hé zuò zhě co-worker / collaborator / also collaborator with the enemy syn
失守 shī shǒu (military) (of a city etc) to fall into enemy hands / (fig.) to take a turn for the worse syn
敌我 敵我 dí wǒ the enemy and us
仇家 chóu jiā enemy / foe syn
天敌 天敵 tiān dí predator / natural enemy
仇敌 仇敵 chóu dí enemy syn
拼杀 拼殺 pīn shā to grapple (with the enemy) / to fight at the risk of one's life syn
轻敌 輕敵 qīng dí to underestimate the enemy syn
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]) syn
公敌 公敵 gōng dí public enemy
仇视 仇視 chóu shì to view sb as an enemy / to be hateful towards syn
俘获 俘獲 fú huò to capture (enemy property or personnel) / capture (physics: absorption of subatomic particle by an atom or nucleus) syn
星宿 xīng xiù constellation (arch., now 星座) / one of the 28 constellations of traditional Chinese astronomy and astrology / motion of stars since one's birth (predetermining one's fate in astrology) syn
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 syn
陷落 xiàn luò to surrender (of a fortress) / to fall (to the enemy) / subsidence (of land) syn
乘胜 乘勝 chéng shèng to follow up a victory / to pursue retreating enemy syn
敌机 敵機 dí jī enemy plane
合围 合圍 hé wéi to surround / to close in around (one's enemy, prey etc) syn
军警 軍警 jūn jǐng the military and the police / military alert (announcing the approach of the enemy)
冲锋陷阵 衝鋒陷陣 chōng fēng xiàn zhèn to charge and break through enemy lines syn
敌情 敵情 dí qíng the situation of the enemy positions / intelligence about the enemy
宿敌 宿敵 sù dí old enemy syn
迎击 迎擊 yíng jī to face an attack / to repulse the enemy syn
内奸 內奸 nèi jiān undiscovered traitor / enemy within one's own ranks syn
打草惊蛇 打草驚蛇 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 敵國 dí guó enemy country
敌阵 敵陣 dí zhèn the enemy ranks
拱桥 拱橋 gǒng qiáo arch bridge
直捣 直搗 zhí dǎo to advance directly toward (an enemy stronghold etc) / (fig.) to directly target (the main objective)
拱形 gǒng xíng arch syn
娃子 wá zi baby / small child / (arch.) slave among ethnic minorities syn
凯旋门 凱旋門 kǎi xuán mén triumphal arch
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 syn
招安 zhāo ān to enlist enemy or rebel soldiers by offering amnesty syn
缴械 繳械 jiǎo xiè to disarm / (of an enemy) to lay down one's weapons / to surrender syn
同仇敌忾 同仇敵愾 tóng chóu dí kài anger against a common enemy (idiom) / joined in opposition to the same adversary syn
暖色 nuǎn sè warm color (arch.) / esp. yellow, orange or red
抗敌 抗敵 kàng dí to resist the enemy
飞贼 飛賊 fēi zéi cat burglar / burglar who gains entrance by scaling walls / intruding enemy airman / air marauder syn
桥头堡 橋頭堡 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) syn
苦肉计 苦肉計 kǔ ròu jì the trick of injuring oneself to gain the enemy's confidence / CL:條|条[tiao2]
脚心 腳心 jiǎo xīn arch of the foot
树敌 樹敵 shù dí to antagonize people / to make an enemy of sb
御敌 禦敵 yù dí armed enemy of the nation / enemy of the Emperor / fig. championship challenger / contender opposing champion in sporting contest
敌营 敵營 dí yíng enemy camp
助纣为虐 助紂為虐 zhù zhòu wéi nüè 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 syn
应敌 應敵 yìng dí to face the enemy / to meet an attack syn
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 syn
良人 liáng rén husband (arch.) syn
暗箭 àn jiàn attack by a hidden enemy / a stab in the back syn
通敌 通敵 tōng dí to collaborate with the enemy syn
化敌为友 化敵為友 huà dí wéi yǒu to convert an enemy into a friend (idiom)
投敌 投敵 tóu dí to go over to the enemy / to defect syn
降将 降將 xiáng jiàng surrendered enemy general
疾恶如仇 疾惡如仇 jí wù rú chóu to hate evil as one hates an enemy (idiom) syn
赵州桥 趙州橋 zhào zhōu qiáo Zhaozhou Bridge over Xiao River 洨河[Xiao2 He2] in Zhao county 趙縣|赵县[Zhao4 Xian4], Shijiazhuang, Hebei, dating back to the Sui dynasty 隋代[Sui2 dai4] (581-617) and the world's oldest extant stone arch bridge
花枪 花槍 huā qiāng short spear (arch.) / fig. trickery syn
穷寇 窮寇 qióng kòu cornered enemy syn
招抚 招撫 zhāo fǔ to enlist enemy or rebel soldiers by offering amnesty / to bring to negotiated surrender syn
疑兵 yí bīng troops deployed to mislead the enemy
蒙难 蒙難 méng nàn to meet with disaster / killed / in the clutches of the enemy / to fall foul of / in danger syn
疑阵 疑陣 yí zhèn a diversion / a feint attack to mislead the enemy syn
认贼作父 認賊作父 rèn zéi zuò fù lit. to acknowledge the bandit as one's father (idiom) / fig. a complete betrayal / to sell oneself to the enemy syn
沦陷区 淪陷區 lún xiàn qū enemy-held territory syn
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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