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和好

héhǎo

to become reconciled; to make peace

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Characters in this word

和 hé

Strokes
8
Radical
口 — mouth
Made of
禾 cereal, grain, rice 口 mouth
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

好 hǎo

Strokes
6
Radical
女 — woman, girl
Made of
女 woman, girl 子 son, child
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

Example phrases

  • 两家公司曾因专利纠纷对簿公堂,如今终于和好并重新合作。 Liǎng jiā gōngsī céng yīn zhuānlì jiūfēn duìbùgōngtáng, rújīn zhōngyú héhǎo bìng chóngxīn hézuò. The two companies once went to court over a patent dispute, but now they have finally reconciled and resumed cooperation.
  • 他们吵了一架,过了两天又和好了。 Tāmen chǎo le yí jià, guò le liǎng tiān yòu héhǎo le. They had a fight, but made up again two days later.
  • 姐姐主动道歉,我们很快就和好如初。 Jiějie zhǔdòng dàoqiàn, wǒmen hěn kuài jiù héhǎo rúchū. My sister apologised first, and we were soon friends again as before.

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