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Chinese[edit]
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to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid
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enemy; match
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trad. (死敵)
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死
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敵
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simp. (死敌)
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死
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敌
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Pronunciation[edit]
死敵
- mortal enemy
死敵
- (archaic) to die at the hand of the enemy, to be killed in action, to die fighting
- 1st century BCE, Sima Qian, Letter in Reply to Ren Shaoqing (報任少卿書).
- 北嚮爭死敵者/北向争死敌者 [Classical Chinese] ― běi xiàng zhēng sǐdí zhě [Pinyin] ― Facing the north, [the soldiers all] vied for [the honor of] dying in battle.