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Chinese
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spear; lance; pike
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shield
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simp. and trad. (矛盾)
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矛
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盾
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alternative forms
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矛楯
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Literally: “lance and shield”.
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Etymology
From a tale in Han Feizi first attested in c. 2nd century BCE.
楚人有鬻盾與矛者,譽之曰:「吾盾之堅,物莫能陷之。」以譽其矛曰:「吾矛之利,於物無不陷也。」或曰:「以子之矛陷子之盾,何如?」其人弗能應也。夫不可陷之盾與無不陷之矛,不可同世而立。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
楚人有鬻盾与矛者,誉之曰:「吾盾之坚,物莫能陷之。」以誉其矛曰:「吾矛之利,于物无不陷也。」或曰:「以子之矛陷子之盾,何如?」其人弗能应也。夫不可陷之盾与无不陷之矛,不可同世而立。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]- From: Han Feizi, circa 2nd century BCE
- Chǔ rén yǒu yù dùn yǔ máo zhě, yù zhī yuē: “Wú dùn zhī jiān, wù mò néng xiàn zhī.” Yǐ yù qí máo yuē: “Wú máo zhī lì, yú wù wú bù xiàn yě.” Huò yuē: “Yǐ zǐ zhī máo xiàn zǐ zhī dùn, hérú?” Qí rén fú néng yìng yě. Fú bùkě xiàn zhī dùn yǔ wú bù xiàn zhī máo, bùkě tóng shì ér lì.
- There was once a man in the state of Chu, who was selling shields and lances. He was praising them saying: “My shields are so firm, that there is nothing that can pierce them.” He praised his lances saying: “My lances are so sharp, that there is nothing that they cannot pierce.” Someone asked: “What if you used your lances to pierce your shields?” The man could not answer. A shield that cannot be pierced and a lance that can pierce everything cannot exist in the same world.
Pronunciation
Rime
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Character
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矛
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盾
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盾
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Reading #
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1/1
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1/2
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2/2
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Initial (聲)
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明 (4)
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船 (27)
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定 (7)
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Final (韻)
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尤 (136)
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諄 (47)
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魂 (55)
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Tone (調)
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Level (Ø)
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Rising (X)
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Rising (X)
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Openness (開合)
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Open
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Closed
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Closed
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Division (等)
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III
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III
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I
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Fanqie
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莫浮切
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食尹切
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徒損切
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Baxter
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mjuw
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zywinX
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dwonX
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Reconstructions
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Zhengzhang Shangfang
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/mɨu/
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/ʑiuɪnX/
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/duənX/
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Pan Wuyun
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/miu/
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/ʑʷinX/
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/duonX/
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Shao Rongfen
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/miəu/
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/ʑjuenX/
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/duənX/
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Edwin Pulleyblank
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/muw/
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/ʑwinX/
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/dwənX/
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Li Rong
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/miu/
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/d͡ʑiuĕnX/
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/duənX/
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Wang Li
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/mĭəu/
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/d͡ʑĭuĕnX/
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/duənX/
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Bernhard Karlgren
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/mi̯ə̯u/
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/d͡ʑʰi̯uĕnX/
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/dʱuənX/
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Expected Mandarin Reflex
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móu
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shùn
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dùn
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Expected Cantonese Reflex
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mau4
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seon6
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deon6
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Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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矛
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盾
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Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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máo
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dùn
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Middle Chinese
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‹ mjuw ›
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‹ dwonX ›
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Old Chinese
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/*m(r)u/
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/*lˁuʔ/
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English
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a kind of lance
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shield
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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矛
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盾
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盾
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Reading #
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1/1
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1/2
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2/2
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No.
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8814
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2623
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2631
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Phonetic component
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矛
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盾
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盾
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Rime group
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幽
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文
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文
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Rime subdivision
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1
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2
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2
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Corresponding MC rime
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謀
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囤
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盾
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Old Chinese
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/*mu/
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/*l'uːnʔ/
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/*ɦljunʔ/
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Noun
矛盾 (idiomatic)
- contradiction; inconsistency; disagreement; incongruity
- 加劇矛盾/加剧矛盾 ― jiājù máodùn ― heightening the contradictions
- problem; issue; conflict
- 階級矛盾/阶级矛盾 ― jiējí máodùn ― class conflict
- 種族矛盾/种族矛盾 ― zhǒngzú máodùn ― ethnic conflict
- (logic, philosophy) paradox
Synonyms
- (paradox): 悖論/悖论 (bèilùn)
Adjective
矛盾
- conflicted; vacillating between two options
他的心裡很矛盾。 [MSC, trad.]
他的心里很矛盾。 [MSC, simp.]- Tā de xīnli hěn máodùn.
- He is feeling really conflicted.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Descendants
Japanese
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 矛盾 (MC mjuw zywinX), literally 矛 (“lance, spear”) + 盾 (“shield”). See the Chinese etymology section for the full derivation.
Pronunciation
Noun
矛盾 • (mujun)
- a contradiction, an inconsistency, a paradox
Synonyms
Verb
矛盾する • (mujun suru) suru (stem 矛盾し (mujun shi), past 矛盾した (mujun shita))
- to be inconsistent, to be in contradiction, to be incompatible with
- 彼が今日主張する内容は昨日の行動と矛盾している。
- Kare ga kyō shuchō suru naiyō wa kinō no kōdō to mujun shite iru.
- What he's going on about today isn't compatible with his behavior yesterday.
Conjugation
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
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Mizenkei ("imperfective")
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矛盾し
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むじゅんし
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mujun shi
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Ren’yōkei ("continuative")
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矛盾し
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むじゅんし
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mujun shi
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Shūshikei ("terminal")
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矛盾する
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むじゅんする
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mujun suru
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Rentaikei ("attributive")
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矛盾する
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むじゅんする
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mujun suru
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Kateikei ("hypothetical")
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矛盾すれ
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むじゅんすれ
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mujun sure
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Meireikei ("imperative")
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矛盾せよ¹ 矛盾しろ²
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むじゅんせよ¹ むじゅんしろ²
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mujun seyo¹ mujun shiro²
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Key constructions
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Passive
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矛盾される
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むじゅんされる
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mujun sareru
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Causative
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矛盾させる 矛盾さす
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むじゅんさせる むじゅんさす
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mujun saseru mujun sasu
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Potential
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矛盾できる
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むじゅんできる
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mujun dekiru
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Volitional
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矛盾しよう
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むじゅんしよう
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mujun shiyō
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Negative
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矛盾しない
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むじゅんしない
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mujun shinai
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Negative continuative
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矛盾せず
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むじゅんせず
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mujun sezu
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Formal
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矛盾します
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むじゅんします
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mujun shimasu
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Perfective
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矛盾した
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むじゅんした
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mujun shita
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Conjunctive
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矛盾して
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むじゅんして
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mujun shite
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Hypothetical conditional
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矛盾すれば
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むじゅんすれば
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mujun sureba
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¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
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References
Korean
Noun
矛盾 • (mosun) (hangeul 모순)
- hanja form? of 모순 (“contradiction”)
Vietnamese
Noun
矛盾
- chữ Hán form of mâu thuẫn (“contradiction”).