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Used when words or actions are contradictory
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一些镇静剂产生出使人更紧张这样自相矛盾的结果 | Yī xiē zhènjìngjì chǎnshēng chū shǐ rén gèng jǐnzhāng zhèyàng zìxiāngmáodùn de jiéguǒ
Some sedatives produce the paradoxical effect of making the person more anxious
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他肯定是在说谎，前后说的话自相矛盾 | Tā kěndìng shì zài shuōhuǎng, qiánhòu shuō dehuà zìxiāngmáodùn
He's definitely lying, his words are contradicting themselves
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Shoutout to 胡老师 for teaching me this one!
《韩非子》(Hán Fēi Zǐ), a book of philosophy authored by 韩非 (Hán Fēi) during the Warring States Period (475 - 220 BC)
In the state of 楚 (Chǔ), a kingdom between the 700's to 223 BC, there lived a man who sold both spears and shields. His shields, he claimed, were so strong that no spear could penetrate them; and his spears were so sharp that no shield would stop them. One day, a bystander asked the man, "What would happen if you used your impenetrable shield against your invincible spear?" The vendor found himself unable to answer.