| 1 | 矛盾 | 矛盾 | máo dùn | mao2 dun4 | contradiction; Classifiers: 个 ; conflicting views; contradictory | | |
| 2 | 矛头 | 矛頭 | máo tóu | mao2 tou2 | spearhead; barb; an attack or criticism | | |
| 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 | 丈八蛇矛 | 丈八蛇矛 | zhàng bā shé máo | zhang4 ba1 she2 mao2 | ancient spear-like weapon 18 Chinese feet 尺 in length, with a wavy spearhead like a snake's body | | |
| 5 | 蛇矛 | 蛇矛 | shé máo | she2 mao2 | ancient spear-like weapon with a wavy spearhead like a snake's body | | |
| 6 | 矛头指向 | 矛頭指向 | máo tóu zhǐ xiàng | mao2 tou2 zhi3 xiang4 | to target sb or sth (for attack, criticism etc) | | |
| 7 | 自相矛盾 | 自相矛盾 | zì xiāng máo dùn | zi4 xiang1 mao2 dun4 | to contradict oneself; self-contradictory; inconsistent | | |
| 8 | 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 | | |
| 9 | 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 | | |
| 10 | 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) | | |
| 11 | 前后矛盾 | 前後矛盾 | qián hòu máo dùn | qian2 hou4 mao2 dun4 | inconsistent; contradictory; inconsecutive (idiom) | | |
| 12 | 内部矛盾 | 內部矛盾 | nèi bù máo dùn | nei4 bu4 mao2 dun4 | internal contradiction | | |
| 13 | 闹矛盾 | 鬧矛盾 | nào máo dùn | nao4 mao2 dun4 | to be at loggerheads; to have a falling out | | |
| 14 | 矛纹草鹛 | 矛紋草鶥 | máo wén cǎo méi | mao2 wen2 cao3 mei2 | (bird species of China) Chinese babax (Babax lanceolatus) | | |
| 15 | 长矛 | 長矛 | cháng máo | chang2 mao2 | pike; lance; Classifiers: 把 | | |
| 16 | 矛头向上 | 矛頭向上 | máo tóu xiàng shàng | mao2 tou2 xiang4 shang4 | to direct the attack toward the higher levels (idiom) | | |
| 17 | 矛隼 | 矛隼 | máo sǔn | mao2 sun3 | (bird species of China) gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus) | | |
| 18 | 矛柄 | 矛柄 | máo bǐng | mao2 bing3 | shaft | | |
| 19 | 矛斑蝗莺 | 矛斑蝗鶯 | máo bān huáng yīng | mao2 ban1 huang2 ying1 | (bird species of China) lanceolated warbler (Locustella lanceolata) | | |
| 20 | 矛 | 矛 | máo | mao2 | spear; lance; pike | | |
| 21 | 供需矛盾 | 供需矛盾 | gōng xū máo dùn | gong1 xu1 mao2 dun4 | imbalance between supply and demand | | |
| 22 | 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. | | |