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Character Decomposition
盾=厂+十+目
Etymology
An eye 目 peering from behind a shield 厂
Meanings
shield
(currency) Vietnamese dong
currency unit of several countries (Indonesian rupiah, Dutch gulden etc)
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Words with 盾 47 total
contradiction · CL: gè · conflicting views · contradictory矛盾máo dùnUSB key used as a security token in Chinese online bankingU盾U dùnhuman shield人盾rén dùnsupport; backing后盾hòu dùnshield · pretext · excuse盾牌dùn páihuman shield · (gaming) tank; meat shield肉盾ròu dùnMao Dun (1896-1981), Chinese novelist茅盾Máo DùnTan Dun (1957-) Chinese composer谭盾Tán Dùn(historical weaponry) shield · (gaming, sci-fi) shield; damage-absorbing barrier · (fig.) protective safeguard护盾hù dùnto be at loggerheads · to have a falling out闹矛盾nào máo dùnIndonesian rupiah印尼盾Yìn ní dùntunnel boring machine盾构机dùn gòu jīScutum (constellation)盾牌座Dùn pái zuòDutch gulden荷兰盾Hé lán dùnVietnamese dong (currency)越南盾Yuè nán dùnriot shield防暴盾fáng bào dùninternal contradiction内部矛盾nèi bù máo dùnto contradict oneself · self-contradictory · inconsistent自相矛盾zì xiāng máo dùncontradictions between ourselves and the enemy · Either you are for us or against us.敌我矛盾dí wǒ máo dùnGolden Shield Project, information system for censorship and surveillance, thought to include the Great Firewall of China as a component金盾工程Jīn dùn Gōng chéngtensions between mainland China and Hong Kong (since 1997)陆港矛盾Lù Gǎng máo dùnMao Dun Literature Prize, PRC prize for novel writing, awarded since 1982茅盾文学奖Máo Dùn Wén xué jiǎnginternal contradiction among the people (pretext for a purge)人民内部矛盾rén mín nèi bù máo dùnAegis Combat System (weapons system developed for the US Navy)宙斯盾战斗系统Zhòu sī dùn Zhàn dòu Xì tǒng
Idioms with 盾 3 total Chain
lit. use sb's spear to attack his shield (idiom, derived from Han Feizi); turning a weapon against its owner · fig. to attack an opponent using his own devices · hoist with his own petard以子之矛，攻子之盾yǐ zǐ zhī máo , gōng zǐ zhī dùnto contradict oneself · self-contradictory · inconsistent自相矛盾zì xiāng máo dùn
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