怀柔

懷柔

huáiróu

verb #54,092

Meanings

1 to win over by conciliation
2 to appease (a rival or restive group)
3 to pacify

Characters

to harbor; to embrace

Examples

朝廷采取怀柔政策安抚边疆。

Cháotíng cǎiqǔ huáiróu zhèngcè ānfǔ biānjiāng.

The court adopted a conciliation policy to pacify the frontier.

他用怀柔的手段化解了矛盾。

Tā yòng huáiróu de shǒuduàn huàjiě le máodùn.

He used conciliatory means to defuse the conflict.

Tips

history

怀柔政策 (huáiróu zhèngcè, ‘soft-power policy’) is the classical Chinese term for imperial appeasement strategy — winning over frontier peoples with gifts, titles, and trade rather than military force. Phrase remains current in modern political and diplomatic writing.

culture

Also a Beijing district name — 怀柔区 (Huáiróu Qū), home to the Mutianyu section of the Great Wall and several film studios.

Stroke Order

怀 huái

柔 róu