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contradiction / CL: 個|个 / conflicting views / contradictory
HSK 5
to contradict oneself / self-contradictory / inconsistent
HSK 7-9
support / backing
HSK 7-9
internal contradiction
internal contradiction among the people (pretext for a purge)
contradictions between ourselves and the enemy / Either you are for us or against us.
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *盾* | 盾* | *盾
shield / (currency) Vietnamese dong / currency unit of several countries (Indonesian rupiah, Dutch gulden etc)
Tan Dun (1957-) Chinese composer
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
Mao Dun (1896-1981), Chinese novelist
to be at loggerheads / to have a falling out
Vietnamese dong (currency)
USB key used as a security token in Chinese online banking
human shield / (gaming) tank; meat shield
Dutch gulden
tensions between mainland China and Hong Kong (since 1997)


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