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Meanings
spear; lance; pike
CL:支 zhī
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Words with 矛 53 total
contradiction · CL: gè · conflicting views · contradictory矛盾máo dùnancient spear-like weapon with a wavy spearhead like a snake's body蛇矛shé máoshaft矛柄máo bǐng(bird species of China) gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus)矛隼máo sǔnspearhead · barb · an attack or criticism矛头máo tóupike · lance · CL:把 bǎ,柄 bǐng长矛cháng máoto be at loggerheads · to have a falling out闹矛盾nào máo dùninternal contradiction内部矛盾nèi bù máo dùn(idiom) to lose a halberd and gain a spear; fig. to have a loss and a gain; to get something equivalent to what one lost亡戟得矛wáng jǐ dé máoto contradict oneself · self-contradictory · inconsistent自相矛盾zì xiāng máo dùnancient spear-like weapon 18 Chinese feet 尺 chǐ in length, with a wavy spearhead like a snake's body丈八蛇矛zhàng bā shé máocontradictions between ourselves and the enemy · Either you are for us or against us.敌我矛盾dí wǒ máo dùn(bird species of China) lanceolated warbler (Locustella lanceolata)矛斑蝗莺máo bān huáng yīng(bird species of China) Chinese babax (Pterorhinus lanceolatus)矛纹草鹛máo wén cǎo méito target sb or sth (for attack, criticism etc)矛头指向máo tóu zhǐ xiàngtensions between mainland China and Hong Kong (since 1997)陆港矛盾Lù Gǎng máo dùninternal contradiction among the people (pretext for a purge)人民内部矛盾rén mín nèi bù máo dùnlit. 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 dùn
Idioms with 矛 7 total Chain
(idiom) to lose a halberd and gain a spear; fig. to have a loss and a gain; to get something equivalent to what one lost亡戟得矛wáng jǐ dé máolit. 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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