| 1 | 矛盾 | 矛盾 | máo dùn | mao2 dun4 | Mao Dun (1896-1981), Chinese novelist; contradiction; Classifiers: 个 ; conflicting views; contradictory | | |
| 2 | 盾构机 | 盾構機 | dùn gòu jī | dun4 gou4 ji1 | tunnel boring machine | | |
| 3 | 陆港矛盾 | 陸港矛盾 | lù gǎng máo dùn | Lu4 Gang3 mao2 dun4 | tensions between mainland China and Hong Kong (since 1997) | | |
| 4 | 茅盾文学奖 | 茅盾文學獎 | máo dùn wén xué jiǎng | Mao2 Dun4 Wen2 xue2 jiang3 | Mao Dun Literature Prize, PRC prize for novel writing, awarded since 1982 | | |
| 5 | 自相矛盾 | 自相矛盾 | zì xiāng máo dùn | zi4 xiang1 mao2 dun4 | to contradict oneself; self-contradictory; inconsistent | | |
| 6 | 宙斯盾战斗系统 | 宙斯盾戰鬥系統 | zhòu sī dùn zhàn dòu xì tǒng | Zhou4 si1 dun4 Zhan4 dou4 Xi4 tong3 | Aegis Combat System (weapons system developed for the US Navy) | | |
| 7 | 正确处理人民内部矛盾 | 正確處理人民內部矛盾 | zhèng què chǔ lǐ rén mín nèi bù máo dùn | 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 | | |
| 8 | 越南盾 | 越南盾 | yuè nán dùn | Yue4 nan2 dun4 | Vietnamese dong (currency) | | |
| 9 | 印尼盾 | 印尼盾 | yìn ní dùn | Yin4 ni2 dun4 | Indonesian rupiah | | |
| 10 | 以子之矛,攻子之盾 | 以子之矛,攻子之盾 | yǐ zǐ zhī máo , gōng zǐ zhī dùn | yi3 zi3 zhi1 mao2 , gong1 zi3 zhi1 dun4 | lit. use sb's spear to attack his shield (idiom, derived from Han Feizi 韩非子 ); turning a weapon against its owner; fig. to attack an opponent using his own devices; hoist with his own petard | | |
| 11 | U盾 | U盾 | u dùn | U dun4 | USB key used as a security token in Chinese online banking | | |
| 12 | 谭盾 | 譚盾 | tán dùn | Tan2 Dun4 | Tan Dun (1957-) Chinese composer | | |
| 13 | 人民内部矛盾 | 人民內部矛盾 | rén mín nèi bù máo dùn | ren2 min2 nei4 bu4 mao2 dun4 | internal contradiction among the people (pretext for a purge) | | |
| 14 | 前后矛盾 | 前後矛盾 | qián hòu máo dùn | qian2 hou4 mao2 dun4 | inconsistent; contradictory; inconsecutive (idiom) | | |
| 15 | 内部矛盾 | 內部矛盾 | nèi bù máo dùn | nei4 bu4 mao2 dun4 | internal contradiction | | |
| 16 | 闹矛盾 | 鬧矛盾 | nào máo dùn | nao4 mao2 dun4 | to be at loggerheads; to have a falling out | | |
| 17 | 敌我矛盾 | 敵我矛盾 | dí wǒ máo dùn | di2 wo3 mao2 dun4 | contradictions between ourselves and the enemy; Either you are for us or against us. | | |
| 18 | 金盾工程 | 金盾工程 | jīn dùn gōng chéng | Jin1 dun4 Gong1 cheng2 | Golden Shield Project, information system for censorship and surveillance, thought to include the Great Firewall of China 防火长城 as a component | | |
| 19 | 后盾 | 後盾 | hòu dùn | hou4 dun4 | support; backing | | |
| 20 | 荷兰盾 | 荷蘭盾 | hé lán dùn | He2 lan2 dun4 | Dutch gulden | | |
| 21 | 供需矛盾 | 供需矛盾 | gōng xū máo dùn | gong1 xu1 mao2 dun4 | imbalance between supply and demand | | |
| 22 | 防暴盾 | 防暴盾 | fáng bào dùn | fang2 bao4 dun4 | riot shield | | |
| 23 | 盾状软骨 | 盾狀軟骨 | dùn zhuàng ruǎn gǔ | dun4 zhuang4 ruan3 gu3 | thyroid cartilage | | |
| 24 | 盾牌座 | 盾牌座 | dùn pái zuò | Dun4 pai2 zuo4 | Scutum (constellation) | | |
| 25 | 盾牌 | 盾牌 | dùn pái | dun4 pai2 | shield; pretext; excuse | | |