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

= + : Dorothy Gale (di) is fighting her enemy (敌), the Wicked Witch of the West, by attacking her with a sledgehammer (攵) while threatening her with her tongue (舌) stuck out just inside the space station's entrance (Ø2).

敵 character breakdown

variant of 攴[pu1]

= 𠂉 + : Mnemonic symbol: the epitome of rapping and tapping is a sledge hammer. Petra pinguin (pu) forgot her key (𠂉) and know she's locked out of the space station (Ø1). At first she tries to open the lock with pliers (乂), but in the end she has no choice but to use the sledge hammer (攵).
stem / foot / base / root

= + + : Dorothy Gale (di) bought a cloister (古) and wants to set it up in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). The package contained a vase (立), a stem (啇) and a manual showing how to combine the two items to get the cloister (a map 冂 in a metaphorical sense), but Dorothy has no idea how to set up her cloister.

Characters with 敵 as component

敵 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 敵

unequalled / without rival / a paragon
enemy troops / hostile forces / CL:股[gu3]
to antagonize people / to make an enemy of sb
mortal enemy / arch-enemy
to attack the enemy
hostile / malevolence / antagonism / to view as enemy / to stand against
to be attacked from the front and rear (idiom)
the enemy ranks
remnant enemy troops
defeated enemy
to rout the enemy
trichlorphon C4H8Cl3PO4, organic phosphate used as insecticide / also called dipterex
multitude of enemies, few friends (idiom from Mencius) / heavily outnumbered / beaten by the weight of numbers
defensive tower / lookout tower / enemy radio station
see 棋逢對手|棋逢对手[qi2 feng2 dui4 shou3]
unsurpassed / unparalleled
(a line from a poem by the Tang poet Liu Yuxi 劉禹錫|刘禹锡[Liu2 Yu3 xi1]) one gains very little insight into one's enemy from a hundred victories, but he who breaks his arm three times will be a good doctor / (fig.) one learns more from one's failures than from one's successes
armed enemy of the nation / enemy of the Emperor / fig. championship challenger / contender opposing champion in sporting contest

Sentences with 敵

敵 currently does not appear in any sentence.