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对手

duì shǒu

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Traditional 對手

对手 (duì shǒu) means "opponent". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 对手 means

1. opponent
2. rival
3. competitor
4. (well-matched) adversary
5. match

The characters in 对手

• 对duìright; correct; towards; at; for; concerning; regarding
• 手shǒuhand; (formal) to hold; person engaged in certain types of work

Example sentences

• 他被对手击倒
  He was knocked down by his opponent
• 你不是他的对手。
  Nǐ bù shì tā de duìshǒu.
  You're no match for him.
• 他把对手击倒了。
  Tā bǎ duìshǒu jīdǎo le.
  He knocked his opponent out.
• 不要轻视了对手。
  Bù yào qīngshì le duìshǒu.
  Don't hold your rival cheap.

Words containing 对手

• 竞争对手jìng zhēng duì shǒurival; competitor
• 棋逢对手qí féng duì shǒuto be evenly matched; to meet one's match
• 不怕神一样的对手，就怕猪一样的队友bù pà shén yī yàng de duì shǒu , jiù pà zhū yī yàng de duì yǒu(saying) a boneheaded teammate can do you more harm than the most formidable opponent

Where 对手 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Social Interaction & Communication (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
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