敌 (敵)

  1. noun enemy; foe
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 仇人'; for example, 敌众我寡 'outnumbered by the enemy' (Guoyu '敵' n; Kroll 2015 '敵' 1; Unihan '敵')
  2. verb to resist; to oppose
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 抵抗 (Guoyu '敵' v; Kroll 2015 '敵' 2; Unihan '敵')
  3. verb to be a match for
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 相等 (Guoyu '敵' adj 2; Kroll 2015 '敵' 3)
  4. adjective hostile
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: As in 敌对 (Guoyu '敵' adj 1)

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