máo dùn
矛盾 (máo dùn) is a Chinese word meaning “contradiction; CL:個|个[ge4]; conflicting views”.
Meanings
- 1contradiction
- 2CL:個|个[ge4]
- 3conflicting views
- 4contradictory
- Part of speech
- noun, adjective
Characters in 矛盾
Related words
盾shield (CL:面[mian4])盾牌shield矛spear; lance; pike矛头spearhead后盾support; backing长矛pike自相矛盾to contradict oneself荷兰盾Dutch gulden丈八蛇矛ancient spear-like weapon 18 Chinese feet 尺[chi3] in length, with a wavy spearhead like a snake's body人民内部矛盾internal contradiction among the people (pretext for a purge)以子之矛，攻子之盾lit. use sb's spear to attack his shield (idiom, derived from Han Feizi 韓非子|韩非子); turning a weapon against its owner内部矛盾internal contradiction