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敌人dí rén
enemy
Definitions
Chinese > English | ||
敌人 | ||
1. Simplified form of 敵人 | ||
敵人 | dírén | |
1. n. enemy; foe | ||
瓦解 敵人 - to crush the enemy | ||
粉碎 敵人 的 陰謀 - to defeat the enemy's conspiracy | ||
兩 軍 協力 去 進攻 敵人。 - The two armies joined forces to attack the enemy. | ||
English > Chinese | ||
enemy | ||
1. 敌人 | ||
2. 仇敌 | ||
3. 敌兵 | ||
4. 敌军 | ||
5. 敌舰 | ||
6. 敌国 | ||
7. 敌国人 | ||
8. 加害物 | ||
9. 有害物 | ||
10. 敌 | ||
Components | ||
敌 | ||
1. Simplified form of 敵 | ||
敵 | dí | |
1. enemy; foe; rival | ||
敵我 - the enemy and us | ||
與 民 為wéi 敵 - to treat the people as the enemy | ||
2. hostile; antagonistic | ||
敵國 - enemy state | ||
3. to resist; to oppose | ||
敵 不住 - cannot resist | ||
寡不敵眾 - to be hopelessly out-numbered | ||
4. to match; to rival | ||
匹敵 - to compare with | ||
人 | rén | |
1. man; person; people | ||
人類 (rénlèi) - humans | ||
那 人 是 誰? (Nà rén shì shéi?) - Who is that person? | ||
嗰個 人jan4-2 係 邊個 嚟 㗎? - Who is that person? | ||
有人 敲門 了。 (Yǒurén qiāomén le.) - Someone knocked on the door. | ||
2. a person associated with a particular identity or trait; -er | ||
主持人 (zhǔchírén) - host | ||
北京人 (Běijīngrén) - Beijinger | ||
香港人 - Hongkonger | ||
3. body | ||
人 在 心 不 在 (rén zài xīn bù zài) - the body is here but the heart is not | ||
這 兩 天 人 不大 舒服。 (Zhè liǎng tiān rén bùdà shūfú.) - I lit. the body haven't been feeling that well these few days. | ||
今天 上午 你 人 在 哪? (Jīntiān shàngwǔ nǐ rén zài nǎ?) - Where have you been this morning? | ||
4. everybody; everyone | ||
人手.一冊 (rénshǒu yīcè) - It's a bestseller. (lit. Everyone has a copy.) | ||
人所共知 (rénsuǒgòngzhī) - common knowledge | ||
5. other people; others | ||
人云.亦云 (rényún yìyún) - to follow the crowd (lit. to say what others say) | ||
害人害己 (hàirénhàijǐ) - to harm others and onself | ||
6. physical, psychological or moral quality or condition; character; personality | ||
就我所知,他 人 不錯。 (Jiùwǒsuǒzhī, tā rén bùcuò.) - As far as I know, he is kind (lit. his personality is not bad). | ||
我 不 知道 他 是 什麼 人。 (Wǒ bù zhīdào tā shì shénme rén.) - I don't know what kind of person he is. | ||
佢 到底 係 咩 人 嚟㗎? - Exactly what kind of person is he? | ||
7. manpower; worker; employee | ||
我們 公司 正 缺 人。 (Wǒmen gōngsī zhèng quē rén.) - Our company is short on manpower right now. | ||
8. talent; person of talent | ||
9. (obsolete) common people; commoner | ||
10. adult; grown-up | ||
長zhǎng大 成人 (zhǎngdà chéng'rén) - to grow up to be an adult | ||
11. (Cantonese) (used as a dummy pronoun); someone; others | ||
12. (Zhao'an Hakka) pluralizes a personal pronoun | ||
?人、你人、佢人 (ngài ngìn, ngì ngìn, kì ngìn) - we, you all, they | ||
13. (obsolete) sexual intercourse | ||
人道 (réndào) - sexual intercourse | ||
人事 (rénshì) - sexual intercourse | ||
14. (obsolete) company; companion; friend | ||
15. artificial; man-made | ||
人禍 (rénhuò) - human disaster | ||
16. (obsolete) human affairs; ways of the world | ||
17. (obsolete) mortal world; earthly word | ||
18. (obsolete) Alternative form of sc=Hani, 仁 (kernel, tr=rén) | ||
19. (obsolete) Alternative form of sc=Hani, 仁 (charity, tr=rén) | ||
20. (obsolete) Alternative form of sc=Hani, 仁 (loving; kind, tr=rén) | ||
21. (Beijing) Lenition of rénjia. | ||
別 磨蹭ceng 啦,人 在zǎi 外頭tou 等 著着zhe 我們 呢! (Bié móceng la, rén zǎi wàitou děng zhe wǒmen ne!) - Stop dilly-dallying. He/She/They is/are waiting for us outside!, M-UIB | ||
哎呀,人 孩子zi 考上shang 哈佛 大學 啦,多 出息xi 呀! (Āiya, rén háizi kǎoshang Hāfó Dàxué la, duō chūxi ya!) - Geez, his/her/their kid got into Harvard University. How promising!, M-UIB | ||
人 別人ren 都 不 吱zī聲sheng兒r,就 他 把 這zhèi 事兒r 給 說 出chu來lai 了。 - , M-UIB, Rén biéren dōu bù zīshengr, jiù tā bǎ zhèi shìr gěi shuō chulai le. | ||
22. (Taishanese) paternal grandmother | ||
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