敌国 (dí guó) — enemy state; hostile nation; (literary) a rival nation of comparable strength
Definition
Literary term for an 'enemy state' — a hostile country of comparable military or economic strength, not just any rival. This is the noun sense; for a personal adversary use 敌人.
noun
enemy statehostile nation(literary) a rival nation of comparable strength
Examples
- ，敌国。Zài zhàn zhēng zhōng, dí guó shì wǒ men de zhǔ yào wēi xié.In war, the enemy state is our main threat.
- 敌国。Zhè ge dí guó de jīng jì shí lì hé wǒ men bù xiāng shàng xià.This rival nation's economic strength is comparable to ours.
- ，敌国。Lì shǐ shàng, dí guó zhī jiān jīng cháng fā shēng chōng tū.Historically, enemy states often had conflicts.
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