敵

enemy / to be a match for / to rival / to resist / to withstand

variant of 攴[pu1]

stem / foot / base / root

public enemy

enemy

evenly matched (idiom)

to be equal to / to be well-matched / rival

predator / natural enemy

formidable opponent

old enemy

old foe / long-standing enemy

(idiom) to be faced with a formidable enemy

facing a powerful enemy (idiom); fig. confronting grave difficulties / Enemy at the Gates, 1991 movie by Jean-Jacques Annaud

lit. as if meeting a great enemy (idiom) / fig. cautious / with great preoccupation / with strict precaution

to convert an enemy into a friend (idiom)

to go into battle / to strike at the enemy

no match for / cannot beat

(idiom) to be both friend and foe to each other; to have a friendly rivalry

the enemy of the people / the class enemy (Marxism)

counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom); different situations call for different action / to adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation

front line (military)

anger against a common enemy (idiom); joined in opposition to the same adversary

enemy defense / enemy garrison