Results for “矛”
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Frequency data: Cai & Brysbaert, SUBTLEX-CH (2010), Creative Commons Attribution. The data includes word forms with at least 10 occurrences in an older subtitle sample. It does not provide current frequency or HSK levels. Absence from the sample does not establish that a word is rare. Names, variants and restricted readings identified in the source appear after general-use entries within the same match type.
spearhead / barb / an attack or criticism
to contradict oneself / self-contradictory / inconsistent
(bird species of China) lanceolated warbler (Locustella lanceolata)
shaft
(bird species of China) Chinese babax (Pterorhinus lanceolatus)
(bird species of China) gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus)
to target sb or sth (for attack, criticism etc)
ancient spear-like weapon 18 Chinese feet 尺[] in length, with a wavy spearhead like a snake's body
internal contradiction among the people (pretext for a purge)
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
internal contradiction
contradictions between ourselves and the enemy / Either you are for us or against us.
ancient spear-like weapon with a wavy spearhead like a snake's body
to be at loggerheads / to have a falling out
tensions between mainland China and Hong Kong (since 1997)