腹背受敌 — Chinese idiom
腹背受敌
fù bèi shòu dí
Traditional: 腹背受敵
Meaning
- to be attacked from the front and rear
Character by character
- 腹fùstomach, belly, abdomen; inside
- 背bèiback, backside; to betray, to violate
- 受shòuto receive, to get, to accept; to bear
- 敌díenemy, foe, rival; to match; to resist
Idioms sharing a character
- 剖腹藏珠 pōu fù cáng zhū
- 口蜜腹剑 kǒu mì fù jiàn
- 大腹便便 dà fù pián pián
- 心腹之患 xīn fù zhī huàn
- 指腹为婚 zhǐ fù wéi hūn
- 捧腹大笑 pěng fù dà xiào
- 推心置腹 tuī xīn zhì fù
- 满腹牢骚 mǎn fù láo sāo
- 满腹经纶 mǎn fù jīng lún
- 空腹高心 kōng fù gāo xīn
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