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分歧

fēnqí

divergence; disagreement

Two people at a table point in opposite directions
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Characters in this word

分 fēn

Strokes
4
Radical
刀 — knife
Made of
八 eight 刀 knife
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

歧 qí

Strokes
8
Radical
止 — to stop, to halt
Made of
止 to stop, to halt 支 to support, to sustain
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
More about the character 歧

Example phrases

  • 双方在核心条款上仍有分歧,因此谈判没有进入签约阶段。 Shuāngfāng zài héxīn tiáokuǎn shàng réng yǒu fēnqí, yīncǐ tánpàn méiyǒu jìnrù qiānyuē jiēduàn. The two sides still have disagreements over the core clauses, so the negotiations have not entered the signing stage.
  • 夫妻俩在孩子上哪所学校的问题上有分歧。 Fūqī liǎ zài háizi shàng nǎ suǒ xuéxiào de wèntí shàng yǒu fēnqí. The couple disagree about which school the child should go to.
  • 朋友之间有分歧很正常,说开就好了。 Péngyou zhījiān yǒu fēnqí hěn zhèngcháng, shuō kāi jiù hǎo le. It is normal for friends to disagree, and it is fine once you talk it through.

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