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协作

xiézuò

collaboration; to work together

Four people pull one rope together in a line
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Characters in this word

协 xié

Strokes
6
Radical
十 — ten, tenth
Made of
十 ten, tenth 办 to set up
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
More about the character 协

作 zuò

Strokes
7
Radical
亻 — man, person
Made of
亻 man, person 乍 first time, for the first time, suddenly
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
More about the character 作

Example phrases

  • 在大型救援现场,专业队伍之间的协作比个人英雄主义更重要。 Zài dàxíng jiùyuán xiànchǎng, zhuānyè duìwǔ zhījiān de xiézuò bǐ gèrén yīngxióng zhǔyì gèng zhòngyào. At a major rescue site, collaboration between professional teams matters more than individual heroism.
  • 团队协作能力是现代职场最重要的素质。 Tuánduì xiézuò nénglì shì xiàndài zhíchǎng zuì zhòngyào de sùzhì. The ability to work as a team is the most important quality in the modern workplace.
  • 由于密切的协作,项目提前两个月完成了。 Yóuyú mìqiè de xiézuò, xiàngmù tíqián liǎng gè yuè wánchéng le. Thanks to close collaboration, the project was completed two months ahead of schedule.

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