矛盾

máo dùn

HSK 5freq #2794

Meanings

CC-CEDICT

máo dùn

1.contradiction
2.CL:个[gè]
3.conflicting views
4.contradictory

CC-CEDICT · CC BY-SA

Wiktionary

1.contradiction; inconsistency; disagreement; incongruity
2.problem; issue; conflict
3.paradox
4.conflicted; vacillating between two options

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Etymology

From a tale in Han Feizi first attested in c. 2nd century BCE.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Stroke order

Components

矛龴𠄐㇒

盾⺁𥃭

Components from cjk-decomp · MIT

Characters

More examples & usage (AI)

Synonyms

問題问题婁子娄子疑難疑难茶包難題难题難點难点麻煩麻烦悖論悖论糾結纠结

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Derived terms

人民內部矛盾人民内部矛盾前後矛盾前后矛盾大相矛盾敵我矛盾敌我矛盾矛盾律矛盾方程式矛盾相向自相矛盾階級矛盾阶级矛盾

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Related words

闹矛盾 to be at loggerheads 自相矛盾 to contradict oneself 陆港矛盾 tensions between mainland China and Hong Kong (since 1997)内部矛盾 internal contradiction 敌我矛盾 contradictions between ourselves and the enemy 人民内部矛盾 internal contradiction among the people (pretext for a purge)