太 tài
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 大 — big, great, vast, high, deep
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
太平
tàipíng
peaceful; tranquil
Characters in this word
平 píng
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 广 — broad, vast, wide
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 表面上的太平并不代表矛盾已经真正解决。 Biǎomiàn shàng de tàipíng bìng bù dàibiǎo máodùn yǐjīng zhēnzhèng jiějué. Peace on the surface does not mean that the conflict has truly been resolved.
- 这个小山村里生活太平，大家都很满足。 Zhège xiǎo shāncūn lǐ shēnghuó tàipíng, dàjiā dōu hěn mǎnzú. Life in this small mountain village is peaceful, and everyone is quite content.
- 爷爷经历过战乱年代，最珍惜太平的日子。 Yéye jīnglìguò zhànluàn niándài, zuì zhēnxī tàipíng de rìzi. Grandfather lived through the years of war and cherishes peaceful days the most.