和平

píng

Traditional: 和平

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Translation

peace, peaceful

Word origin

A compound of 和 (hé, harmony or gentle) and 平 (píng, level or calm), combining two ideas of balance and calm into the sense of peace.

Origin
compound
Root
和 (hé, harmony) + 平 (píng, level, calm)

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Examples

People all over the world long for peace.

The two countries finally achieved peace.

We should solve problems in a peaceful way.

Peace does not come easily.

They work for world peace.

和平 (hé píng) means peace, the absence of war and conflict, and also serves as the adjective peaceful. Its opposite is 战争 (zhàn zhēng), war.

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This word is part of lesson 32.