十六字诀 十六字訣 shí liù zì jué 16-character formula, esp. Mao Zedong's mantra on guerrilla warfare: 敵進我退，敵駐我擾，敵疲我打，敵退我追|敌进我退，敌驻我扰，敌疲我打，敌退我追[di2 jin4 wo3 tui4 , di2 zhu4 wo3 rao3 , di2 pi2 wo3 da3 , di2 tui4 wo3 zhui1] when the enemy advances we retreat / when the enemy makes camp we harass / when the enemy is exhausted we fight / and when the enemy retreats we pursue 行列 háng liè formation / array / (fig.) ranks (as in "join the ranks of ...") syn 内奸 內奸 nèi jiān undiscovered traitor / enemy within one's own ranks syn 打入 dǎ rù to penetrate / to break into (a market, social group etc) / to infiltrate (enemy ranks etc) / to banish to / to relegate to / to insert / to inject / to crack (an egg) into (a bowl etc) 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 敌情 敵情 dí qíng the situation of the enemy positions / intelligence about 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 守敌 守敵 shǒu dí enemy defense / enemy garrison 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 大敌当前 大敵當前 dà dí dāng qián facing a powerful enemy (idiom) / fig. confronting grave difficulties / Enemy at the Gates, 1991 movie by Jean-Jacques Annaud syn 人民公敌 人民公敵 rén mín gōng dí the enemy of the people / the class enemy (Marxism) 冤家对头 冤家對頭 yuān jiā duì tóu enemy (idiom) / opponent / arch-enemy syn 反间 反間 fǎn jiàn to feed the enemy misinformation through their own spies / to sow discord in the enemy camp 折冲樽俎 折衝樽俎 zhé chōng zūn zǔ lit. to stop the enemy at the banquet table / fig. to get the better of an enemy during diplomatic functions syn 敌后 敵後 dí hòu (military) the enemy's rear / behind enemy lines 队伍 隊伍 duì wǔ ranks / troops / queue / line / procession / CL:個|个[ge4],支[zhi1],條|条[tiao2] syn 落伍 luò wǔ to fall behind the ranks / to be outdated syn 跻身 躋身 jī shēn to rise into the ranks of / to be among (the best) / to get into (an industry, trade etc) syn 越级 越級 yuè jí to skip a grade / to bypass ranks / to go over the head of one's boss 前茅 qián máo forward patrol (military) (old) / (fig.) the top ranks 出列 chū liè (military) to leave one's place in the ranks / to fall out / (fig.) to emerge / to become prominent 提干 提幹 tí gàn to rise through the ranks (as a party cadre) syn 男 nán (bound form) male / baron, the lowest of the five ranks of nobility 五等爵位[wu3deng3 jue2wei4] syn 清理队伍 清理隊伍 qīng lǐ duì wǔ to purge the ranks 清队 清隊 qīng duì to purge the ranks 长坂坡七进七出 長坂坡七進七出 cháng bǎn pō qī jìn qī chū famous scene in Romance of the Three Kingdoms in which Zhao Yun 趙雲|赵云 charges seven times through the ranks of Cao Cao's armies 联合国初级人员用维持和平手册 聯合國初級人員用維持和平手冊 United Nations Peacekeeping Handbook for Junior Ranks 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 抄袭 抄襲 chāo xí to plagiarize / to copy / to attack the flank or rear of an enemy syn 舌头 舌頭 shé tou tongue / CL:個|个[ge4] / enemy soldier captured for the purpose of extracting information syn 敌军 敵軍 dí jūn enemy troops / hostile forces / CL:股[gu3] 大肆 dà sì wantonly / without restraint (of enemy or malefactor) / unbridled syn 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 牵制 牽制 qiān zhì to control / to curb / to restrict / to impede / to pin down (enemy troops) 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 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 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 敌视 敵視 dí shì hostile / malevolence / antagonism / to view as enemy / to stand against 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 来犯 來犯 lái fàn (of enemy forces) to invade / to attack 宿敌 宿敵 sù dí old enemy syn 迎击 迎擊 yíng jī to face an attack / to repulse the enemy 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 直捣 直搗 zhí dǎo to advance directly toward (an enemy stronghold etc) / (fig.) to directly target (the main objective) 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 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] 树敌 樹敵 shù dí to antagonize people / to make an enemy of sb 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 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) 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 投敌 投敵 tóu dí to go over to the enemy / to defect syn 降将 降將 xiáng jiàng surrendered enemy general 