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盾

dùn

HSK 5 Character Measure word 面

What 盾 means

1. shield
2. (currency) Vietnamese dong
3. currency unit of several countries (Indonesian rupiah, Dutch gulden etc)

Example sentences

• 你在自相矛盾。
  Nǐ zài zìxiāngmáodùn.
  You're contradicting yourself.
• 他们有时候有矛盾冲突
  Tāmen yǒushíhou yǒu máodùn chōngtū
  Every now and then they clash over their differences.
• 希望与现实之间的矛盾，因何而起？
  From what stems this contradiction between our hopes and our reality?
• 他和老板有矛盾，这个我们知道就好。
  Tā hé lǎobǎn yǒu máodùn, zhège wǒmen zhīdào jiù hǎo.
  Between you and me, he's in trouble with the boss.
• 我不能禁止一个人娶好几个妻子，因为这与圣经不矛盾。
  Wǒ bù néng jìnzhǐ yīgèrén qǔ hǎojǐ gè qīzi, yīnwèi zhè yǔ Shèngjīng bù máodùn.
  I cannot forbid a person to marry several wives, for it does not contradict Scripture.
• 最光明的处世方法是既蔑视社会的因袭，又过着与社会的因袭不相矛盾的生活。
  Zuì guāngmíng de chǔshì fāngfǎ shì jì mièshì shèhuì de yīnxí, yòu guo zhe yǔ shèhuì de yīnxí bù xiāng máodùn de shēnghuó.
  The most enlightened way of living is to despise social conventions while at the same time living your life in conformity to them.

Words starting with 盾

• 盾牌dùn páishield; pretext; excuse
• 盾构机dùn gòu jītunnel boring machine
• 盾牌座Dùn pái zuòScutum (constellation)

Words containing 盾

• 矛盾máo dùncontradiction; conflicting views; contradictory
• 后盾hòu dùnsupport; backing
• 茅盾Máo DùnMao Dun (1896-1981), Chinese novelist
• 自相矛盾zì xiāng máo dùnto contradict oneself; self-contradictory; inconsistent
• 人盾rén dùnhuman shield
• 肉盾ròu dùnhuman shield; (gaming) tank; meat shield
• 护盾hù dùn(historical weaponry) shield; (gaming, sci-fi) shield; damage-absorbing barrier…
• 印尼盾Yìn ní dùnIndonesian rupiah
• 荷兰盾Hé lán dùnDutch gulden
• 越南盾Yuè nán dùnVietnamese dong (currency)
• 防暴盾fáng bào dùnriot shield
• 金盾工程Jīn dùn Gōng chéngGolden Shield Project, information system for censorship and surveillance, thought to…
• 闹矛盾nào máo dùnto be at loggerheads; to have a falling out
• 内部矛盾nèi bù máo dùninternal contradiction
• 敌我矛盾dí wǒ máo dùncontradictions between ourselves and the enemy; Either you are for us or against us.
• 人民内部矛盾rén mín nèi bù máo dùninternal contradiction among the people (pretext for a purge)
• 茅盾文学奖Máo Dùn Wén xué jiǎngMao Dun Literature Prize, PRC prize for novel writing, awarded since 1982
• 谭盾Tán DùnTan Dun (1957-) Chinese composer
• U盾U dùnUSB key used as a security token in Chinese online banking
• 陆港矛盾Lù Gǎng máo dùntensions between mainland China and Hong Kong (since 1997)
• 宙斯盾战斗系统Zhòu sī dùn Zhàn dòu Xì tǒngAegis Combat System (weapons system developed for the US Navy)
• 以子之矛，攻子之盾yǐ zǐ zhī máo , gōng zǐ zhī dùnlit. use sb's spear to attack his shield (idiom, derived from Han Feizi 韩非子)…

Characters that look like 盾

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 看kànto see; to look at; to read; to watch
• 质zhìcharacter; nature; quality
• 厘líone hundredth; centi-
• 唇chúnlip
• 祟suìevil spirit
• 玺xǐruler's seal

Sounds the same

Read dùn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 顿to stop; to pause; to arrange
• 钝blunt; stupid
• 炖to stew
• 遁to evade; to flee; to escape
• 囤bin for grain
• 沌used in 混沌
• 庉a village; to dwell together
• 砘(agriculture) to compact loose soil with a stone roller after sowing seeds…