敌

dí

(bound form) enemy

Radical: 攵 Strokes: 10

Structure: Left-rightFrequency: Common

Same radical

数放教政散收故改整效救敬

Same radical

数放教政散收故改整效救敬敛敏攻

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Character Decomposition

敌=舌+攵

Etymology

strike

Meanings

(bound form) enemy

(bound form) to be a match for; to rival

(bound form) to resist; to withstand

dí

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Words with 敌 194 total

public enemy公敌gōng dí to rout the enemy溃敌kuì dí to lure the enemy · to trap饵敌ěr dí formidable opponent劲敌jìng dí rival in love情敌qíng dí mortal enemy · arch-enemy死敌sǐ dí to be equal to · to be well-matched · rival匹敌pǐ dí to antagonize people · to make an enemy of sb树敌shù dí powerful enemy强敌qiáng dí to underestimate the enemy轻敌qīng dí to collaborate with the enemy通敌tōng dí unequalled · without rival · a paragon无敌wú dí front line (military)前敌qián dí predator; natural enemy天敌tiān dí

Idioms with 敌 71 total Chain

counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom); different situations call for different action · to adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation兵来将敌，水来土堰bīng lái jiàng dí , shuǐ lái tǔ yàn (idiom) to be faced with a formidable enemy大敌当前dà dí dāng qián

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