盾

dùn

Definitions

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

Words Containing 盾

• 茅盾文学奖 máo dùn wén xué jiǎng: Mao Dun Literature Prize, PRC prize for novel writing, awarded since 1982
• 内部矛盾 nèi bù máo dùn: internal contradiction
• 盾牌座 dùn pái zuò: Scutum (constellation)
• 陆港矛盾 lù gǎng máo dùn: tensions between mainland China and Hong Kong (since 1997)
• 以子之矛，攻子之盾 yǐ zǐ zhī máo , gōng zǐ zhī dùn: 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
• 自相矛盾 zì xiāng máo dùn: to contradict oneself
• 敌我矛盾 dí wǒ máo dùn: contradictions between ourselves and the enemy
• 荷兰盾 hé lán dùn: Dutch gulden
• 宙斯盾战斗系统 zhòu sī dùn zhàn dòu xì tǒng: Aegis Combat System (weapons system developed for the US Navy)
• 后盾 hòu dùn: support
• 盾牌 dùn pái: shield
• 闹矛盾 nào máo dùn: to be at loggerheads
• 正确处理人民内部矛盾 zhèng què chǔ lǐ rén mín nèi bù máo dùn: On the correct handling of internal contradictions among the people, Mao Zedong's tract of 1957
• 越南盾 yuè nán dùn: Vietnamese dong (currency)
• 盾构机 dùn gòu jī: tunnel boring machine
• 人民内部矛盾 rén mín nèi bù máo dùn: internal contradiction among the people (pretext for a purge)
• 矛盾 máo dùn: contradiction
• 茅盾 máo dùn: Mao Dun (1896-1981), Chinese novelist
• 防暴盾 fáng bào dùn: riot shield
• 谭盾 tán dùn: Tan Dun (1957-) Chinese composer
• 印尼盾 yìn ní dùn: Indonesian rupiah
• U盾 u dùn: USB key used as a security token in Chinese online banking