"矛" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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Composition
Strokes 5
Decomp. 予丿
Prononciation
Mandarin máo
Entry Methods
Pinyin mao2
Kanji /
Cangjie
NINH
弓戈弓竹
Sijiao 1722.2
Wubi CBTR
CNS 11643 1-4679
Encodages (hexa)
Unicode U+77DB
GB2312 C3AC
BIG5 A5D9
 máo spear / lance / pike
Results beginning with 矛
 máo dùn contradiction / CL:個|个[ge4] / conflicting views / contradictory
 máo tóu spearhead / barb / an attack or criticism
 máo bǐng shaft
 máo sǔn (bird species of China) gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus)
 máo bān huáng yīng (bird species of China) lanceolated warbler (Locustella lanceolata)
 máo tóu zhǐ xiàng to target sb or sth (for attack, criticism etc)
 máo wén cǎo méi (bird species of China) Chinese babax (Babax lanceolatus)
 máo wěn fú shǔ Phyllostomus
Approximate Results for 矛
 cháng máo pike / lance / CL:把[ba3],柄[bing3]
 shé máo ancient spear-like weapon with a wavy spearhead like a snake's body
 nào máo dùn to be at loggerheads / to have a falling out
 nèi bù máo dùn internal contradiction
 zì xiāng máo dùn to contradict oneself / self-contradictory / inconsistent
 dí wǒ máo dùn contradictions between ourselves and the enemy / Either you are for us or against us.
  cupiuba / kabukalli
 Lù Gǎng máo dùn tensions between mainland China and Hong Kong (since 1997)
 zhàng bā shé máo ancient spear-like weapon 18 Chinese feet 尺[chi3] in length, with a wavy spearhead like a snake's body
 rén mín nèi bù máo dùn internal contradiction among the people (pretext for a purge)
  conflicting claims
  Follow-on to LANCE system
 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
 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
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