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矛盾

máo dùn

B1 Level 5 ★ Core word
Stative verb

矛盾 (máo dùn) is a Chinese word meaning “contradiction”. It sits at TOCFL Level 5 (CEFR B1) on Taiwan's official TBCL vocabulary standard, where it is marked a core word.

Definition

  1. contradiction
  2. conflicting views
  3. contradictory

Stroke order

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Example

他說的話前後矛盾。

What he says is self-contradictory.

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Vocabulary & levels: TBCL / NAER. Parts of speech: TOCFL 8000-word list (SC-TOP). Definitions: CC-CEDICT & CFDICT (CC BY-SA). Stroke data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License).