mao2
spear; lance; pike

strokes 5
radical
strokes after radical 0
长矛 長矛 chang2 mao2
pike; lance

敌我矛盾 敵我矛盾 di2 wo3 mao2 dun4
contradictions between ourselves and the enemy; Either you are for us or against us.

矛斑蝗莺 矛斑蝗鶯 mao2 ban1 huang2 ying1
(bird species of China) lanceolated warbler (Locustella lanceolata)

矛柄 矛柄 mao2 bing3
shaft

矛盾 矛盾 mao2 dun4
contradiction; conflicting views; contradictory

矛隼 矛隼 mao2 sun3
(bird species of China) gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus)

矛头 矛頭 mao2 tou2
spearhead; barb; an attack or criticism

矛头指向 矛頭指向 mao2 tou2 zhi3 xiang4
to target sb or sth (for attack, criticism etc)

矛纹草鹛 矛紋草鶥 mao2 wen2 cao3 mei2
(bird species of China) Chinese babax (Babax lanceolatus)

闹矛盾 鬧矛盾 nao4 mao2 dun4
to be at loggerheads; to have a falling out

内部矛盾 內部矛盾 nei4 bu4 mao2 dun4
internal contradiction

人民内部矛盾 人民內部矛盾 ren2 min2 nei4 bu4 mao2 dun4
internal contradiction among the people (pretext for a purge)

以子之矛,攻子之盾 以子之矛,攻子之盾 yi3 zi3 zhi1 mao2 - gong1 zi3 zhi1 dun4
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

正确处理人民内部矛盾 正確處理人民內部矛盾 zheng4 que4 chu3 li3 ren2 min2 nei4 bu4 mao2 dun4
On the correct handling of internal contradictions among the people, Mao Zedong's tract of 1957

自相矛盾 自相矛盾 zi4 xiang1 mao2 dun4
to contradict oneself; self-contradictory; inconsistent