解决 解決 jiě jué to solve / to resolve / to settle (a problem) / to eliminate / to wipe out (an enemy, bandits etc) syn 反正 fǎn zhèng anyway / in any case / to come over from the enemy's side syn 敌人 敵人 dí rén enemy / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 辩护 辯護 biàn hù to speak in defense of / to argue in favor of / to defend / to plead syn 舌头 舌頭 shé tou tongue / CL:個|个[ge4] / enemy soldier captured for the purpose of extracting information syn 突破 tū pò to break through / to make a breakthrough / to surmount (an obstacle) / (sports) to break through the opponent's defense 防御 防禦 fáng yù defense / to defend syn 自卫 自衛 zì wèi to defend oneself / self-defense 国防部 國防部 guó fáng bù Defense Department / Ministry of National Defense 防卫 防衛 fáng wèi to defend / defensive / defense syn 对头 對頭 duì tou (longstanding) opponent / enemy / inimical / adversary / opponent syn 敌军 敵軍 dí jūn enemy troops / hostile forces / CL:股[gu3] 武术 武術 wǔ shù military skill or technique (in former times) / all kinds of martial art sports (some claiming spiritual development) / self-defense / tradition of choreographed fights from opera and film (recent usage) / also called kungfu 功夫 / CL:種|种[zhong3] syn 国防 國防 guó fáng national defense 内奸 內奸 nèi jiān undiscovered traitor / enemy within one's own ranks syn 敌对 敵對 dí duì hostile / enemy (factions) / combative syn 大肆 dà sì wantonly / without restraint (of enemy or malefactor) / unbridled syn 正当防卫 正當防衛 zhèng dàng fáng wèi reasonable self-defense / legitimate defense 敌方 敵方 dí fāng enemy syn 支架 zhī jià trestle / support / stand / frame / (medicine) stent / to prop up / to resist / to withstand (an enemy attack etc) 俘获 俘獲 fú huò to capture (enemy property or personnel) / capture (physics: absorption of subatomic particle by an atom or nucleus) syn 仇人 chóu rén foe / one's personal enemy syn 国防部长 國防部長 guó fáng bù zhǎng Defense secretary / Defense Minister 自保 zì bǎo to defend oneself / self-defense / self-preservation 敌机 敵機 dí jī enemy plane 防空 fáng kōng anti-aircraft defense 打翻 dǎ fān to overturn / to overthrow / to strike down (an enemy) syn 牵制 牽制 qiān zhì to control / to curb / to restrict / to impede / to pin down (enemy troops) syn 仇家 chóu jiā enemy / foe 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 抗辩 抗辯 kàng biàn to counter accusations / to protest / to remonstrate / to retort / to plead / to demur / a plea (of not guilty) / a defense (against an allegation) / to enter a plea to a charge (in a law court) 自卫队 自衛隊 zì wèi duì self-defense force / the Japanese armed forces syn 攻打 gōng dǎ to attack (the enemy) syn 迎战 迎戰 yíng zhàn to meet the enemy head-on syn 仇视 仇視 chóu shì to view sb as an enemy / to be hateful towards syn 树敌 樹敵 shù dí to antagonize people / to make an enemy of sb 冤家 yuān jia enemy / foe / (in opera) sweetheart or destined love syn 公敌 公敵 gōng dí public enemy 陷落 xiàn luò to surrender (of a fortress) / to fall (to the enemy) / subsidence (of land) syn 抄袭 抄襲 chāo xí to plagiarize / to copy / to attack the flank or rear of an enemy 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 缴械 繳械 jiǎo xiè to disarm / (of an enemy) to lay down one's weapons / to surrender syn 沦陷 淪陷 lún xiàn to fall into enemy hands / to be occupied / to degenerate / to submerge syn 仇敌 仇敵 chóu dí enemy syn 死对头 死對頭 sǐ duì tou arch-enemy / sworn enemy syn 死敌 死敵 sǐ dí mortal enemy / arch-enemy syn 飞贼 飛賊 fēi zéi cat burglar / burglar who gains entrance by scaling walls / intruding enemy airman / air marauder 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 敌视 敵視 dí shì hostile / malevolence / antagonism / to view as enemy / to stand against syn 军警 軍警 jūn jǐng the military and the police / military alert (announcing the approach of the enemy) 通敌 通敵 tōng dí to collaborate 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 合作者 hé zuò zhě co-worker / collaborator / also collaborator with the enemy syn 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 敌手 敵手 dí shǒu opponent / substantial adversary / worthy match / antagonist / in the enemy's hands syn 天敌 天敵 tiān dí predator / natural 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]) syn 敌国 敵國 dí guó enemy country 暗箭 àn jiàn attack by a hidden enemy / a stab in the back syn 边防 邊防 biān fáng frontier defense syn 冲锋陷阵 衝鋒陷陣 chōng fēng xiàn zhèn to charge and break through enemy lines syn 布防 bù fáng to lay out a defense 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 敌我 敵我 dí wǒ the enemy and us 强敌 強敵 qiáng dí powerful enemy 轻敌 輕敵 qīng dí to underestimate the enemy 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 苦肉计 苦肉計 kǔ ròu jì the trick of injuring oneself to gain the enemy's confidence / CL:條|条[tiao2] 攻防 gōng fáng attack and defense / the midfield (in soccer) 海防 hǎi fáng coastal defense 对敌 對敵 duì dí to confront / to face the enemy 迎击 迎擊 yíng jī to face an attack / to repulse the enemy syn 防务 防務 fáng wù (pertaining to) defense 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 招安 zhāo ān to enlist enemy or rebel soldiers by offering amnesty syn 敌营 敵營 dí yíng enemy camp 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 敌阵 敵陣 dí zhèn the enemy ranks 拼杀 拼殺 pīn shā to grapple (with the enemy) / to fight at the risk of one's life syn 合围 合圍 hé wéi to surround / to close in around (one's enemy, prey etc) syn 来犯 來犯 lái fàn (of enemy forces) to invade / to attack 抗灾 抗災 kàng zāi defense against natural disasters 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 应敌 應敵 yìng dí to face the enemy / to meet an attack syn 投敌 投敵 tóu dí to go over to the enemy / to defect syn 疾恶如仇 疾惡如仇 jí wù rú chóu to hate evil as one hates an enemy (idiom) syn 疑阵 疑陣 yí zhèn a diversion / a feint attack to mislead the enemy syn 美国国防部 美國國防部 měi guó guó fáng bù United States Department of Defense / Department of Defense 乘胜 乘勝 chéng shèng to follow up a victory / to pursue retreating enemy syn 禁卫 禁衛 jìn wèi defense of the imperial palace or of the capital / the palace guard (or a member of that unit) 直捣 直搗 zhí dǎo to advance directly toward (an enemy stronghold etc) / (fig.) to directly target (the main objective) 城防 chéng fáng city defense 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 抗敌 抗敵 kàng dí to resist the enemy 防长 防長 fáng zhǎng abbr. for 國防部長|国防部长[guo2 fang2 bu4 zhang3], Minister of Defense 御敌 禦敵 yù dí armed enemy of the nation / enemy of the Emperor / fig. championship challenger / contender opposing champion in sporting contest 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 