求同存异 — Chinese idiom
求同存异
qiú tóng cún yì
Traditional: 求同存異
Meaning
- to put aside differences and work together; to seek common ground and cooperate
Character by character
- 求qiúto seek; to request, to demand; to beseech, to beg
- 同tóngsame, similar; together with, alike
- 存cúnto exist; to survive, to maintain; to keep, to sto
- 异yìdifferent, strange, unusual; foreign; surprising
Idioms sharing a character
- 不忮不求 bù zhì bù qiú
- 不求甚解 bù qiú shèn jiě
- 刻舟求剑 kè zhōu qiú jiàn
- 吹毛求疵 chuī máo qiú cī
- 梦寐以求 mèng mèi yǐ qiú
- 孜孜以求 zī zī yǐ qiú
- 寤寐求之 wù mèi qiú zhī
- 实事求是 shí shì qiú shì
- 急于求成 jí yú qiú chéng
- 舍身求法 shě shēn qiú fǎ
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