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(historical weaponry) shield / (gaming, sci-fi) shield; damage-absorbing barrier / (fig.) protective safeguard
contradiction / CL: 個|个 / conflicting views / contradictory
HSK 5
to contradict oneself / self-contradictory / inconsistent
HSK 7-9
support / backing
HSK 7-9
tunnel boring machine
internal contradiction among the people (pretext for a purge)
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  *盾* | 盾* | *盾
shield / (currency) Vietnamese dong / currency unit of several countries (Indonesian rupiah, Dutch gulden etc)
human shield
Indonesian rupiah
riot shield
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
to be at loggerheads / to have a falling out
Aegis Combat System (weapons system developed for the US Navy)
Mao Dun Literature Prize, PRC prize for novel writing, awarded since 1982
internal contradiction
shield / pretext / excuse
Mao Dun (1896-1981), Chinese novelist
contradictions between ourselves and the enemy / Either you are for us or against us.
Dutch gulden
Scutum (constellation)
Vietnamese dong (currency)
USB key used as a security token in Chinese online banking
human shield / (gaming) tank; meat shield
tensions between mainland China and Hong Kong (since 1997)
Golden Shield Project, information system for censorship and surveillance, thought to include the Great Firewall of China 防火長城|防火长城 as a component
Tan Dun (1957-) Chinese composer


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