HanTrace

抵御

dǐyù

“To resist” in Chinese is 抵御 (dǐyù).

Meaning

  • to resist
  • to withstand

Example

他们抵御入侵者,保卫了国家。

They defended their country against the invaders.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

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More HSK 7-9 words

Not to be confused with: 地域 (dìyù, area) · 地狱 (dìyù, hell; underworld; (Buddhism) Naraka) · 低于 (dīyú, to be lower than)