Chinese Dictionary

Usage of the character 盾

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

USB key used as a security token in Chinese online banking

Tan Dun (1957-) Chinese composer

human shield

Mao Dun (1896-1981), Chinese novelist

human shield
(gaming) tank; meat shield

shield
pretext
excuse

contradiction
CL:個／个 (gè)
conflicting views
contradictory

support
backing

Vietnamese dong (currency)

Indonesian rupiah

riot shield

to be at loggerheads
to have a falling out

Dutch gulden

Scutum (constellation)

tunnel boring machine

contradictions between ourselves and the enemy
Either you are for us or against us.

zìxiāngmáodùn

to contradict oneself
self-contradictory
inconsistent

Lù Gǎngmáodùn

tensions between mainland China and Hong Kong (since 1997)

Jīndùn Gōngchéng

Golden Shield Project, information system for censorship and surveillance, thought to include the Great Firewall of China 防火長城／防火长城 ( Fánghuǒ Chángchéng) as a component

nèibùmáodùn

internal contradiction

Máo Dùn Wénxuéjiǎng

茅盾文学奖

[茅盾文學獎]

Mao Dun Literature Prize, PRC prize for novel writing, awarded since 1982

rénmínnèibùmáodùn

人民内部矛盾

[人民內部矛盾]

internal contradiction among the people (pretext for a purge)

Zhòusīdùn Zhàndòu Xìtǒng

宙斯盾战斗系统

[宙斯盾戰鬥系統]

Aegis Combat System (weapons system developed for the US Navy)

yǐzǐzhīmáo,gōngzǐzhīdùn

以子之矛，攻子之盾

[以子之矛，攻子之盾]

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
fig. to attack an opponent using his own devices
hoist with his own petard

zhèngquèchǔlǐrénmínnèibùmáodùn

正确处理人民内部矛盾

[正確處理人民內部矛盾]

On the correct handling of internal contradictions among the people, Mao Zedong's tract of 1957