Our goal is to provide you with free Chinese learning tools. This series highlights idioms and proverbs, full of meaning and adaptable to many contexts. The featured idiom is 「自相矛盾」, with details below.
Introducing the idiom 「自相矛盾」: its meaning and how to use it are provided below.
Spear: a stabbing weapon for attacking the enemy; shield: a shield for protecting oneself. It is a metaphor for being inconsistent in what you say and do.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
zì xiàng máo dùn
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
ji6 seung2 maau4 teun5
Chinese idioms, with their vast variety, hold different meanings and uses. Their abundance makes studying them rewarding, and these materials are here to help you along the way.
