máo dùn
contradiction
CL:個|个[ge4]
conflicting views
contradictory
máo tóu
spearhead
barb
an attack or criticism
zì xiāng máo dùn
to contradict oneself
self-contradictory
inconsistent
cháng máo
pike
lance
CL:把[ba3],柄[bing3]
rén mín nèi bù máo dùn
internal contradiction among the people (pretext for a purge)
máo tóu zhǐ xiàng
to target sb or sth (for attack, criticism etc)
zhèng què chǔ lǐ rén mín nèi bù máo dùn
On the correct handling of internal contradictions among the people, Mao Zedong's tract of 1957
dí wǒ máo dùn
contradictions between ourselves and the enemy
Either you are for us or against us.
yǐ zǐ zhī máo , gōng zǐ zhī dùn
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
fig. to attack an opponent using his own devices
hoist with his own petard
máo sǔn
(bird species of China) gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus)
máo wén cǎo méi
(bird species of China) Chinese babax (Babax lanceolatus)
máo bān huáng yīng
(bird species of China) lanceolated warbler (Locustella lanceolata)
yǐ zǐ zhī máo , gōng zǐ zhī dùn
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
fig. to attack an opponent using his own devices
hoist with his own petard
nào máo dùn
to be at loggerheads
to have a falling out
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