自zi6相soeng1矛maau4盾teon5

English

1. to contradict oneself
2. self-contradictory
3. inconsistent
4. to be inconsistent; to contradict oneself.unreviewed?

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 指一個人嘅言行前後抵觸。unreviewed?

Examples

• 你在自相矛盾。

  You're contradicting yourself.

  Tatoeba · Mrew2Vier CC BY

• 「人道主義轟炸」一詞是自相矛盾的。

  The phrase "humanitarian bombing" is an oxymoron.

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• 舉例說，如果一個老師警告學生不要吸煙，但自己卻每天吸個不停，那麼這個警告就是自相矛盾的了。

  For example, if a chain-smoking teacher cautions a pupil for smoking, that warning is self-contradictory.

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• unreviewed?

  呢個小販話佢賣嘅矛最鋒利，又話佢嘅盾最堅硬，咁講唔係自相矛盾咩！

  This hawker says the lance that he's selling is the sharpest and his shield is the most rigid. Isn't he contradicting himself?