矛头 (矛頭)
máo tóu
Pinyin

Definition

矛头 (矛頭)
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máo tóu
  1. spearhead
  2. barb
  3. an attack or criticism

Character Decomposition

Related Words (5)

矛盾
máo dùn
  1. 1 contradiction
  2. 2 classifier: 个 gè
  3. 3 conflicting views
  4. 4 contradictory
丈八蛇矛
zhàng bā shé máo
  1. 1 ancient spear-like weapon 18 Chinese feet 尺[chǐ] in length, with a wavy spearhead like a snake's body,
矛
máo
  1. 1 spear
  2. 2 lance
  3. 3 pike
矛头
máo tóu
  1. 1 spearhead
  2. 2 barb
  3. 3 an attack or criticism
长矛
cháng máo
  1. 1 pike
  2. 2 lance
  3. 3 classifier: 把 bǎ
  4. 4 classifier: 柄 bǐng

Idioms (1)

以子之矛，攻子之盾
yǐ zǐ zhī máo , gōng zǐ zhī dùn
  1. 1 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
  2. 2 fig. to attack an opponent using his own devices
  3. 3 hoist with his own petard

Sample Sentences

这一眨眼，矛头就转啦？怎么又成我是坏人了，好好好，是非黑白都是你说了算，清官难断家务事啊，夫妻劝和这事啊，我可再也不掺和了。
zhè yī zhǎ yǎn ，máotóu jiù zhuǎn la ？zěnme yòu chéng wǒ shì huàirén le ，hǎohǎohǎo ，shì fēi hēibái dōu shì nǐ shuō le suàn ，qīngguān nán duàn jiāwù shì ā ，fūqī quànhé zhè shì ā ，wǒ kě zàiyě bù chānhuo le 。
So in the blink of an eye, the attack has shifted? How have I become the baddie again? OK, OK, OK, you're the purveyor of all that is right and wrong. Even a government official finds it hard to put his own house in order, so I'll opt out of giving advice to man and wife from now on.
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