armed enemy of the nation; enemy of the Emperor; fig. championship challenger; contender opposing champion in sporting contest
trad. 禦敵
Also written 禦敵【yù dí】
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2御
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
(bound form) imperial; royal, (literary) to drive (a carriage), (literary) to manage; to govern
- Pinyin
- yù
- Strokes
- 12
- Frequency
- 20424 of 2500
敌
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(bound form) enemy, (bound form) to be a match for; to rival, (bound form) to resist; to withstand
- Pinyin
- dí
- Traditional
- 敵
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 12235 of 2500