大敵當前

Chinese

		formidable enemy; archenemy	presently; currently; right now presently; currently; right now; to be in front; to be at the front
trad. (大敵當前)		大敵	當前
simp. (大敌当前)		大敌	当前

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàdídāngqián

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄉㄧˊ ㄉㄤ ㄑㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ dik⁶ dong¹ cin⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàdídāngqián
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄉㄧˊ ㄉㄤ ㄑㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàdídangcián
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-ti²-tang¹-chʻien²
    • Yale: dà-dí-dāng-chyán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahdyidangchyan
    • Palladius: дадиданцянь (dadidancjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ ti³⁵ tɑŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ dik⁶ dong¹ cin⁴
    • Yale: daaih dihk dōng chìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ dik⁹ dong¹ tsin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ dig⁶ dong¹ qin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² tɪk̚² tɔːŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰiːn²¹/

Idiom

大敵當前

1. to be confronted with a formidable enemy

   • 大敵當前，他們要聯合工農反對敵人；工農覺悟，他們又聯合敵人反對工農。 [MSC, trad.]
     大敌当前，他们要联合工农反对敌人；工农觉悟，他们又联合敌人反对工农。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1940, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《新民主主義論》 (On New Democracy), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Dàdídāngqián, tāmen yào liánhé gōngnóng fǎnduì dírén; gōngnóng juéwù, tāmen yòu liánhé dírén fǎnduì gōngnóng. [Pinyin]

     When confronted by a formidable enemy, they united with the workers and peasants against the enemy, but when the workers and peasants awakened, they turned round to unite with the enemy against the workers and peasants.