Definition
敌国 primarily means 'enemy state' or 'hostile nation' — a country with which one is at war or in active conflict. It can also refer to a foreign country that is a rival in strength, comparable to one's own. A rare, literary usage describes personal wealth matching the national treasury, but this is uncommon in modern Chinese.
n.
enemy statehostile nation(literary) a rival nation of comparable strength
Examples
- ，敌国。Zài zhànzhēng zhōng, dí guó shì wǒmen de zhǔyào wēixié.In war, the enemy state is our main threat.
- 敌国。Zhège dí guó de jīngjì shílì hé wǒmen bù xiāng shàngxià.This rival nation's economic strength is comparable to ours.
- ，敌国。Lìshǐ shàng, dí guó zhī jiān jīngcháng fāshēng chōngtū.Historically, enemy states often had conflicts.
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