假想敌 (jiǎ) — imagined enemy; hypothetical adversary

Definition

Examples

• 他把所有竞争对手都看作假想敌。
  Tā bǎ suǒ yǒu jìng zhēng duì shǒu dōu kàn zuò jiǎ.
  He sees all competitors as imagined enemies.
• 在这部小说里，主角的假想敌其实是自己的过去。
  Zài zhè bù xiǎo shuō lǐ, zhǔ jué de jiǎ qí shí shì zì jǐ de guò qù.
  In this novel, the protagonist's imagined enemy is actually his own past.
• 军队演习时经常设定一个假想敌来训练士兵。
  Jūn duì yǎn xí shí jīng cháng shè dìng yí gè jiǎ lái xùn liàn shì bīng.
  During military exercises, they often set up an imagined enemy to train the soldiers.