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抵御

dǐ yù

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 抵禦

抵御 (dǐ yù) means "to resist; to withstand". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 抵御 means

1. to resist
2. to withstand

The characters in 抵御

• 抵dǐto press against; to support; to prop up; to resist; to withstand; to be equal to…
• 御yù(bound form) imperial; royal; (literary) to drive (a carriage); (literary) to manage…

Example sentences

• 他们抵御入侵者，保卫了国家。
  Tāmen dǐyù rùqīnzhě, bǎowèi le guójiā.
  They defended their country against the invaders.
• 不，说真的，一点也不；但要循着合理的推论、凭着适度的谨慎 / 跟随他到那里，就像这样：亚历山大死了，/ 亚历山大被埋葬了，亚历山大化为尘土；尘土是 / 泥土；用泥土我们制作黏土；那么为什么那堆黏土（他 / 所化成的）不能用来塞一个啤酒桶呢？/ 威严的凯撒，死后化为黏土，/ 或可堵住一个洞，挡住风的侵入。/ 呵，那曾令世界战栗的泥土 / 如今竟用来修补墙壁，抵御冬日的寒风！
  No, faith, not a jot; but to follow him thither with modesty / enough, and likelihood to lead it; as thus: Alexander died, / Alexander was buried, Alexander returneth into dust; the dust is / earth; of earth we make loam; and why of that loam (whereto he / was converted) might they not stop a beer barrel? / Imperious Caesar, dead and turn'd to clay, / Might stop a hole to keep the wind away. / O, that that earth which kept the world in awe / Should patch a wall t' expel the winter's flaw!

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