老 lǎo prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity / old (of people) / venerable (person) / experienced / of long standing / always / all the time / of the past / very / outdated / (of meat etc) tough / unicode compatibility variant of 老 syn 解决 解決 jiě jué to solve / to resolve / to settle (a problem) / to eliminate / to wipe out (an enemy, bandits etc) syn 多久 duō jiǔ (of time) how long? / (not) a long time 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 不久 bù jiǔ not long (after) / before too long / soon / soon after syn 舌头 舌頭 shé tou tongue / CL:個|个[ge4] / enemy soldier captured for the purpose of extracting information syn 长期 長期 cháng qī long term / long time / long range (of a forecast) syn 长久 長久 cháng jiǔ long-time / long-term / lasting / enduring / permanent / for a long time syn 早已 zǎo yǐ for a long time / long since / (dialect) in the past syn 对头 對頭 duì tou (longstanding) opponent / enemy / inimical / adversary / opponent syn 层次 層次 céng cì layer / level / gradation / arrangement of ideas / (a person's) standing syn 远程 遠程 yuǎn chéng remote / long distance / long range syn 敌军 敵軍 dí jūn enemy troops / hostile forces / CL:股[gu3] 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 长远 長遠 cháng yuǎn long-term / long-range syn 敌方 敵方 dí fāng enemy syn 站立 zhàn lì to stand / standing / on one's feet 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 敌机 敵機 dí jī enemy plane 长夜 長夜 cháng yè long dark night / fig. long period of misery and oppression 打翻 dǎ fān to overturn / to overthrow / to strike down (an enemy) syn 前不久 qián bù jiǔ not long ago / not long before syn 牵制 牽制 qiān zhì to control / to curb / to restrict / to impede / to pin down (enemy troops) syn 通情达理 通情達理 tōng qíng dá lǐ (idiom) fair and reasonable / sensible / standing to reason 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 坐立不安 zuò lì bù ān lit. agitated sitting or standing (idiom) / restless / fidgety 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 长廊 長廊 cháng láng promenade / long hallway / Long Corridor in the Summer Palace, Beijing 北京頤和園|北京颐和园[Bei3 jing1 Yi2 he2 yuan2] 长袖 長袖 cháng xiù long sleeves / long-sleeved shirt 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 大宗 dà zōng large amount / staple / influential family of long standing 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 身败名裂 身敗名裂 shēn bài míng liè to lose one's standing / to have one's reputation swept away / a complete defeat and fall from grace 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 远景 遠景 yuǎn jǐng scenery in the distance / long-term prospects / (photography) long shot 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 大篷车 大篷車 dà péng chē covered truck / covered wagon / bus with some seating but mostly standing room 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 笔挺 筆挺 bǐ tǐng (standing) very straight / straight as a ramrod / bolt upright / well-ironed / trim syn 敌国 敵國 dí guó enemy country 暗箭 àn jiàn attack by a hidden enemy / a stab in the back syn 矗立 chù lì to tower / standing tall and upright (of large building) syn 久违 久違 jiǔ wéi (haven't done sth) for a long time / a long time since we last met syn 冲锋陷阵 衝鋒陷陣 chōng fēng xiàn zhèn to charge and break through enemy lines syn 德高望重 dé gāo wàng zhòng a person of virtue and prestige / a person of good moral standing and reputation 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 正规军 正規軍 zhèng guī jūn regular army / standing army 苦肉计 苦肉計 kǔ ròu jì the trick of injuring oneself to gain the enemy's confidence / CL:條|条[tiao2] 长龙 長龍 cháng lóng long queue / long line (of cars, people etc) 对敌 對敵 duì dí to confront / to face the enemy 任重道远 任重道遠 rèn zhòng dào yuǎn a heavy load and a long road / fig. to bear heavy responsibilities through a long struggle (cf Confucian Analects, 8.7) syn 迎击 迎擊 yíng jī to face an attack / to repulse the enemy syn 久已 jiǔ yǐ long ago / a long time since syn 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 身量 shēn liang height (of a person) / stature / (fig.) reputation / standing syn 拼杀 拼殺 pīn shā to grapple (with the enemy) / to fight at the risk of one's life syn 万水千山 萬水千山 wàn shuǐ qiān shān ten thousand crags and torrents (idiom) / the trials and tribulations of a long journey / a long and difficult road syn 多头 多頭 duō tóu many-headed / many-layered (authority) / devolved (as opposed to centralized) / pluralistic / (as classifier) number of animals / long term (finance) / long (investment) 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 常设 常設 cháng shè (of an organization etc) standing or permanent syn 肃立 肅立 sù lì to stand respectfully / (of trees, mountains) standing tall and majestic 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 