抵挡 (抵擋)
dǐ dǎng
Pinyin
Definition
抵挡 (抵擋)
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- to resist
- to hold back
- to stop
- to ward off
- to withstand
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 to press against
- 2 to support
- 3 to prop up
- 4 to resist
- 5 to equal
- 6 to balance
- 7 to make up for
- 8 to mortgage
- 9 to arrive at
- 10 to clap (one's hands) lightly (expressing delight) (Taiwan pr. [zhǐ] for this sense)
- 1 to arrive
- 2 to reach (a destination)
- 1 generally speaking
- 2 by and large
- 3 for the most part
- 1 to resist
- 2 to boycott
- 3 to refuse (to cooperate)
- 4 to reject
- 5 resistance
- 6 refusal
- 1 to resist
- 2 resistance
Idioms (2)
抵足而眠
- 1 lit. to live and sleep together (idiom); fig. a close friendship
抵足而卧
- 1 lit. to live and sleep together (idiom); fig. a close friendship
Sample Sentences
还不止这些呢!西进运动的时候,就连不食人间烟火的传教士都没能抵挡住金子的诱惑,还有很多黑奴也从主人家里逃出来去淘金了!
And not just them! During the time of America's Western expansion, even other-worldly missionaries couldn't resist the allure of gold. Plus, a lot of black slaves escaped from their masters' homes and ran off to look for gold!
就是啊,你看这哪是书海,明明就是人海嘛!看来大家还是抵挡不住“书香”的诱惑啊!
For sure! Look around. Where is there a sea of books? It's just a sea of people! It looks like everyone is still unable to resist the temptation of literature!
是啊,现在的婚姻真的很脆弱。好多人都过分强调个人感情,追求一时的新鲜和刺激。什么网恋、婚外情、一夜情、还有闪婚,社会上的诱惑实在太多了,好多人都抵挡不住。所以现在中国人的感情出轨机率高得惊人。我有一个朋友结婚才一年就有了婚外情,接着就是夫妻俩闹离婚。
Yeah, marriages today are really fragile. A lot of people care too much about personal emotion, so they go looking for something fresh and stimulating for a short time. So now China has a surprisingly high level of failed relationships. I have a friend who had an affair after just a year of marriage. Then he and his wife had a big fight, and got divorced.