天敌
tiāndí
natural enemy
Characters in this word
敌 dí
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 舌 — tongue
- Made of
- 舌 tongue 攵 to rap, to tap
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 引入外来物种前，必须评估当地是否存在有效的天敌。 Yǐnrù wàilái wùzhǒng qián, bìxū pínggū dāngdì shìfǒu cúnzài yǒuxiào de tiāndí. Before introducing an alien species, it is necessary to assess whether effective natural enemies exist locally.
- 在稻田里，青蛙是害虫的主要天敌。 Zài dàotián lǐ, qīngwā shì hàichóng de zhǔyào tiāndí. In the rice paddies, frogs are the main natural enemy of pests.
- 农民喜欢猫头鹰，因为它是老鼠的天敌。 Nóngmín xǐhuan māotóuyīng, yīnwèi tā shì lǎoshǔ de tiāndí. Farmers like owls because they are the natural enemy of mice.