抵抗

dǐkàng · HSK 6

resist

🛡️ 抵 = resist/push back + 抗 = oppose; both halves mean fight against

抵 carries the sense of pushing back or warding off; 抗 means to oppose or defy. Stacked together they intensify each other into a firm refusal — to resist, to stand up to pressure.

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