亦敌亦友 — Chinese idiom
亦敌亦友
yì dí yì yǒu
Traditional: 亦敵亦友
Meaning
- to be both friend and foe to each other; to have a friendly rivalry
Character by character
- 亦yìalso, too; likewise
- 敌díenemy, foe, rival; to match; to resist
- 亦yìalso, too; likewise
- 友yǒufriend, companion; fraternity
Idioms sharing a character
- 亦步亦趋 yì bù yì qū
- 人云亦云 rén yún yì yún
- 势均力敌 shì jūn lì dí
- 化敌为友 huà dí wéi yǒu
- 同仇敌忾 tóng chóu dí kài
- 大敌当前 dà dí dāng qián
- 如临大敌 rú lín dà dí
- 富可敌国 fù kě dí guó
- 寡不敌众 guǎ bù dí zhòng
- 腹背受敌 fù bèi shòu dí
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