矛

长矛

cháng máo

pike

陆港矛盾

lù gǎng máo dùn

tensions between mainland China and Hong Kong (since 1997)

闹矛盾

nào máo dùn

to be at loggerheads

丈八蛇矛

zhàng bā shé máo

ancient spear-like weapon 18 Chinese feet 尺[chi3] in length, with a wavy spearhead like a snake's body

人民内部矛盾

rén mín nèi bù máo dùn

internal contradiction among the people (pretext for a purge)

以子之矛，攻子之盾

yǐ zǐ zhī máo , gōng zǐ zhī dùn

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

内部矛盾

nèi bù máo dùn

internal contradiction

敌我矛盾

dí wǒ máo dùn

contradictions between ourselves and the enemy

矛斑蝗莺

máo bān huáng yīng

(bird species of China) lanceolated warbler (Locustella lanceolata)

矛柄

máo bǐng

shaft

矛盾

máo dùn

contradiction

矛纹草鹛

máo wén cǎo méi

(bird species of China) Chinese babax (Pterorhinus lanceolatus)