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均衡

jūnhéng

balanced; equilibrium

A balance scale holds a red apple and a green pear level
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Characters in this word

均 jūn

Strokes
7
Radical
土 — soil, earth
Made of
土 soil, earth 匀 equal
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
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衡 héng

Strokes
16
Radical
行 — to go, to walk, to move
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
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Example phrases

  • 城市规划不能只追求速度,还要维护区域发展的均衡。 Chéngshì guīhuà bù néng zhǐ zhuīqiú sùdù, hái yào wéihù qūyù fāzhǎn de jūnhéng. Urban planning cannot pursue speed alone; it must also maintain balanced regional development.
  • 营养要均衡,不能只吃肉不吃菜。 Yíngyǎng yào jūnhéng, bù néng zhǐ chī ròu bù chī cài. Nutrition should be balanced; you can't eat only meat and no vegetables.
  • 两队实力均衡,比赛一直打到最后一分钟。 Liǎng duì shílì jūnhéng, bǐsài yìzhí dǎ dào zuìhòu yì fēnzhōng. The two teams were evenly matched, and the game went down to the last minute.

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