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和平共处

hépínggòngchǔ

peaceful coexistence

A fox and a rabbit rest side by side under a tree
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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

平 píng

Strokes
5
Radical
广 — broad, vast, wide
How it's built
Pictograph — a drawing of the thing

共 gòng

Strokes
6
Radical
八 — eight
Made of
廾 two hands 一 one 八 eight
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

处 chù

Strokes
5
Radical
夂 — to go
Made of
夂 to go 卜 divination, fortune-telling
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

Example phrases

  • 不同制度之间能否和平共处,关键在于是否尊重彼此的核心利益。 Bùtóng zhìdù zhījiān néngfǒu hépíng gòngchǔ, guānjiàn zài yú shìfǒu zūnzhòng bǐcǐ de héxīn lìyì. Whether different systems can coexist peacefully depends on whether they respect each other's core interests.
  • 大小动物在这片森林里和平共处。 Dàxiǎo dòngwù zài zhè piàn sēnlín li hépíng gòngchǔ. Animals big and small live peacefully together in this forest.
  • 住在同一栋楼里,大家应该和平共处。 Zhù zài tóngyī dòng lóu li, dàjiā yīnggāi hépíng gòngchǔ. Living in the same building, everyone should get along peacefully.

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