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"formidable opponent" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
劲敌 勁敵 jìng dí formidable opponent
Chinese Pinyin Translation
可怕 kě pà awful / dreadful / fearful / formidable / frightful / scary / hideous / horrible / terrible / terribly syn
杀手 殺手 shā shǒu killer / murderer / hit man / (sports) formidable player syn
对手 對手 duì shǒu opponent / rival / competitor / (well-matched) adversary / match syn
强大 強大 qiáng dà big and strong / formidable / powerful syn
突破 tū pò to break through / to make a breakthrough / to surmount (an obstacle) / (sports) to break through the opponent's defense
过人 過人 guò rén to surpass others / outstanding / (basketball, soccer etc) to get past an opponent syn
威力 wēi lì might / formidable power
对头 對頭 duì tou (longstanding) opponent / enemy / inimical / adversary / opponent syn
强悍 強悍 qiáng hàn tough / strong / formidable / fearsome syn
辫子 辮子 biàn zi plait / braid / pigtail / a mistake or shortcoming that may be exploited by an opponent / handle / CL:根[gen1],條|条[tiao2] syn
得胜 得勝 dé shèng to triumph over an opponent syn
网开一面 網開一面 wǎng kāi yī miàn open the net on one side (idiom) / let the caged bird fly / to give one's opponent a way out / lenient treatment syn
敌手 敵手 dí shǒu opponent / substantial adversary / worthy match / antagonist / in the enemy's hands syn
威武 wēi wǔ might / formidable syn
回马枪 回馬槍 huí mǎ qiāng sudden thrust (that catches the opponent off guard)
政敌 政敵 zhèng dí political opponent
英姿飒爽 英姿颯爽 yīng zī sà shuǎng (of a person) valiant and formidable-looking / to carry oneself tall syn
枭雄 梟雄 xiāo xióng ambitious and ruthless character / formidable person syn
虎虎 hǔ hǔ vigorous / formidable / strong
彪悍 biāo hàn tough as nails / formidable / kick-ass / plucky
反串 fǎn chuàn (Chinese opera) to play a role outside of one's specialty / (modern) to play a transvestite role / to masquerade as an opponent
王世充 wáng shì chōng Wang Shichong (-621), general of late Sui and opponent of early Tang
叫阵 叫陣 jiào zhèn to challenge an opponent to a fight
可畏 kě wèi dreadful / formidable
败 敗 bài to defeat / to damage / to lose (to an opponent) / to fail / to wither syn
柄 bǐng handle or shaft (of an axe etc) / (of a flower, leaf or fruit) stem / sth that affords an advantage to an opponent / classifier for knives or blades syn
秒杀 秒殺 miǎo shā (Internet) flash sale / (sports or online gaming) rapid dispatch of an opponent
冤家对头 冤家對頭 yuān jiā duì tóu enemy (idiom) / opponent / arch-enemy syn
棋高一着 棋高一著 qí gāo yī zhāo to be a step ahead of the opponent (idiom) / to outsmart one's opponent
三头六臂 三頭六臂 sān tóu liù bì lit. to have three heads and six arms (idiom) / fig. to possess remarkable abilities / a being of formidable powers syn
投鞭断流 投鞭斷流 tóu biān duàn liú arms enough to stem the stream (idiom) / formidable army syn
网开三面 網開三面 wǎng kāi sān miàn to leave the net open on three sides (idiom) / let the caged bird fly / to give one's opponent a way out / lenient treatment syn
不怕神一样的对手，就怕猪一样的队友 不怕神一樣的對手，就怕豬一樣的隊友 bù pà shén yī yàng de duì shǒu , jiù pà zhū yī yàng de duì yǒu (saying) a boneheaded teammate can do you more harm than the most formidable opponent
威烈 wēi liè fierce / formidable
雄长 雄長 xióng zhǎng fierce and ambitious character / formidable person
结棍 結棍 jié gùn (Wu dialect) sturdy / robust / formidable / awesome
大敌当前 大敵當前 dà dí - dāng qián (idiom) to be faced with a formidable enemy syn
渊渟岳峙 淵渟岳峙 yuān tíng - yuè zhì (idiom) to have a serene yet formidable demeanor / to have a commanding presence
对抗者 對抗者 duì kàng zhě adversary / opponent
以其人之道，还治其人之身 以其人之道，還治其人之身 yǐ qí rén zhī dào , huán zhì qí rén zhī shēn to use an opponent's own methods to obtain retribution (idiom, from Song dynasty neo-Confucianist Zhu Xi 朱熹[Zhu1 Xi1]) / to get revenge by playing sb back at his own game / to give sb a taste of his own medicine
以子之矛，攻子之盾 yǐ zǐ zhī máo , gōng zǐ zhī dùn lit. use sb's spear to attack his shield (idiom, derived from Han Feizi 韓非子|韩非子) / turning a weapon against its owner / fig. to attack an opponent using his own devices / hoist with his own petard
吊打 diào dǎ to hang sb up and beat him / (fig.) (slang) to own (one's opponent) / to thoroughly dominate
抓辫子 抓辮子 zhuā biàn zi to grab sb by the pigtail / to seize on weak points / to exploit the opponent's shortcomings syn
揪辫子 揪辮子 jiū biàn zi to grab sb by the queue (i.e. hair) / to seize on weak points / to exploit the opponent's shortcomings syn
挤到 擠到 jǐ dào to squeeze (an opponent into third place)
观衅伺隙 觀釁伺隙 guān xìn sì xì lit. to look for holes, and observe gaps (idiom) / fig. to search out one's opponent's weak points / to look for the Achilles' heel
卖破绽 賣破綻 mài pò zhàn to feign an opening in order to hoodwink the opponent (in a fight, combat etc)
猴子偷桃 hóu zi tōu táo "monkey steals the peach" (martial arts), distracting an opponent with one hand and seizing his testicles with the other / (coll.) grabbing sb by the balls
完胜 完勝 wán shèng to score a convincing win / to crush (one's opponent)
完败 完敗 wán bài (sports) to be trounced (by an opponent) / crushing defeat
完爆 wán bào (neologism c. 2010) (coll.) to kick (one's opponent's) ass
破防 pò fáng (video games) to break through an opponent's defenses / (by extension) (slang) to get to sb / to make sb feel upset or moved
打赢 打贏 dǎ yíng to win / to beat (one's opponent)
手下败将 手下敗將 shǒu xià - bài jiàng (idiom) one's defeated opponent
扫堂腿 掃堂腿 sǎo táng tuǐ (martial arts) floor-sweeping kick (to trip one's opponent)
车轮战 車輪戰 chē lún zhàn tactic of several persons or groups taking turns to fight one opponent / tag-team attack
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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