矛 máo
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 矛 — spear, lance
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
矛盾
máodùn
conflict; contradiction
Characters in this word
盾 dùn
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 目 — eye
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 我们有矛盾。 Wǒmen yǒu máodùn. We have a disagreement.
- 矛盾解决了。 Máodùn jiějué le. The problem is settled.
- 这个矛盾很大。 Zhège máodùn hěn dà. This contradiction is serious.
Related words
- 争议 zhēngyì dispute; controversy
- 证实 zhèngshí to confirm
- 真理 zhēnlǐ truth
- 无疑 wúyí without doubt
- 前提 qiántí condition; prerequisite
- 公认 gōngrèn recognized by everyone
- 主观 zhǔguān subjective
- 视为 shìwéi to regard as
- 对应 duìyìng to match; to correspond
- 认定 rèndìng to be sure of
- 局面 júmiàn situation
- 意味着 yìwèizhe to mean