自相矛盾

zì xiāng máo dùn

HSK level: HSK 7–9

Meaning

to contradict oneself; self-contradictory; inconsistent

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自zìself; private, personal; from目相xiāngmutual, reciprocal; equal; each other木目矛máospear, lance 盾dùnshield; Dutch guilder厂十目