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 舌头 舌頭 shé tou tongue / CL:個|个[ge4] / enemy soldier captured for the purpose of extracting information 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] 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 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 敌机 敵機 dí jī enemy plane 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 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 冲锋陷阵 衝鋒陷陣 chōng fēng xiàn zhèn to charge and break through enemy lines 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] 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 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 结拜 結拜 jié bài to become sworn brothers or sisters / sworn (brothers) 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 金兰 金蘭 jīn lán profound friendship / sworn brotherhood 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 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 乘胜 乘勝 chéng shèng to follow up a victory / to pursue retreating enemy syn 直捣 直搗 zhí dǎo to advance directly toward (an enemy stronghold etc) / (fig.) to directly target (the main objective) 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 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 化敌为友 化敵為友 huà dí wéi yǒu to convert an enemy into a friend (idiom) 把兄弟 bǎ xiōng dì sworn brothers syn 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 降将 降將 xiáng jiàng surrendered enemy general 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 枚 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 陷 xiàn pitfall / trap / to get stuck / to sink / to cave in / to frame (false charge) / to capture (a city in battle) / to fall (to the enemy) / defect syn 敌 敵 dí (bound form) enemy / (bound form) to be a match for / to rival / (bound form) to resist / to withstand syn 寇 kòu to invade / to plunder / bandit / foe / enemy syn 敌占区 敵佔區 dí zhàn qū enemy occupied territory syn 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 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 避实就虚 避實就虛 bì shí jiù xū (idiom) stay clear of the enemy's main force and strike at his weak points 守敌 守敵 shǒu dí enemy defense / enemy garrison 坚壁 堅壁 jiān bì to cache / to hide supplies (from the enemy) syn 敌特 敵特 dí tè enemy (agents) / (class) enemy syn 馘 guó (literary) to cut off the left ear of a slain enemy / the severed ear of a slain enemy 冤家对头 冤家對頭 yuān jiā duì tóu enemy (idiom) / opponent / arch-enemy syn 夙敌 夙敵 sù dí old foe / long-standing enemy syn