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敌 dí

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敌 dí Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
dí | di2
English translation
enemy
match
to resist
to withstand
enemy, foe, rival; to match; to resist

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About 敌 dí

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Number of strokes

10

Traditional form

敵 dí

Contains the radical

舌 shé

Part of speech

Noun morpheme / 名语素 Míng yǔsù

Learning hint

strike

Etymology of 敌 dí

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

⿰舌攵

Semantic compound

攵 pū

Phonetic compound

啇 dì

Explanation

Simplified form of 敵 dí . Phonosemantic compound. 攵 pū represents the meaning and 啻 chì represents the sound.

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Example sentences using 敌 dí

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他们 tā men 挖 wā 好 hǎo 壕沟 háo gōu ,等候 děnghòu 敌人 dírén 进攻 jìngōng .

They dug in and waited for the enemy's attack.

用 yòng 到 dào 敌 dí 人 rén 身上 shēn shang , 这 zhè 是 shì 在 zài 骂 mà 他 tā ; 用到你 nǐ 拥护 yōnghù 的 de 人 rén , 就是 jiù shì 在 zài 夸 kuā 他 tā 啦 lā . ”

Applied to an opponent, it is abuse, applied to someone you agree with, it is praise.'

他 tā 敌我 dí wǒ 不 bù 分 fēn .

He couldn't differentiate between the enemy and ourselves.

这 zhè 个 gè 城市 chéngshì 反抗 fǎnkàng 敌人 dírén 的 de 猛攻 měng gōng 达 Dá 两个星期 xīngqī 之 zhī 久 jiǔ .

The city resisted the enemy onslaught for two weeks.

我们 wǒmen 的 de 战士 zhàn shì 抵抗 dǐkàng 敌人 dírén 的 de 进攻 jìngōng 达 Dá 一 yī 周 Zhōu 之久.

Our soldiers held out against the enemy's attacks for a week.

Words with 敌 dí

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
敌人 dírén enemy敵人
敌 dí enemy敵 dí
无敌 wú dí unequalled無敵
敌军 dí jūn enemy troops敵軍
敌对 dí duì hostile敵對
敌意 dí yì enmity敵意
敌方 dí fāng enemy敵方
敌机 dí jī enemy plane敵機
杀敌 shā dí to attack the enemy殺敵
敌视 díshì hostile敵視
情敌 qíng dí rival in love情敵
势均力敌 shì jūn lì dí evenly matched (idiom)勢均力敵
天敌 tiān dí predator天敵
敌手 dí shǒu opponent敵手
公敌 gōng dí public enemy公敵
树敌 shù dí to antagonize people樹敵
死敌 sǐ dí mortal enemy死敵
仇敌 chóu dí enemy仇敵
劲敌 jìng dí formidable opponent勁敵
匹敌 pǐ dí rival匹敵
对敌 duì dí to confront對敵
轻敌 qīng dí to underestimate the enemy輕敵
敌情 dí qíng intelligence about the enemy敵情
所向无敌 suǒ xiàng wú dí to be invincible所向無敵

敌 dí Decomposition & Compounds

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敌 dí Decomposition

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