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Trad. 陸港矛盾
- tensions between mainland China and Hong Kong (since 1997)
Trad. 矛斑蝗鶯
- (bird species of China) lanceolated warbler (Locustella lanceolata)
Trad. 矛紋草鶥
- (bird species of China) Chinese babax (Pterorhinus lanceolatus)
Trad. 矛頭指向
- to target sb or sth (for attack, criticism etc)
- ancient spear-like weapon 18 Chinese feet 尺[chi3] in length, with a wavy spearhead like a snake's body
- to contradict oneself
- self-contradictory
- inconsistent
Trad. 敵我矛盾
- contradictions between ourselves and the enemy
- Either you are for us or against us.
Trad. 人民內部矛盾
- 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