矛盾
máodùn
contradictory; contradiction
Part of speech · adjective / noun
Pattern visualization
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Examples
- 他的话前后矛盾。His words contradict each other.
- 这两种说法存在明显的矛盾。There is an obvious contradiction between these two claims.
Collocations
自相矛盾互相矛盾内部矛盾解决矛盾
Mnemonic
矛 máo "spear" + 盾 dùn "shield": from the Han Feizi tale of a peddler selling an all-piercing spear and an all-blocking shield, an impossible pair. Means contradiction.
Related
冲突抵触一致统一
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