共同语言

共同語言

gòngtóngyǔyán

noun #17,428

Meanings

1 common language
2 (fig.) common ground; shared understanding

Characters

language; words

Examples

他们有共同语言，聊得很开心。

Tāmen yǒu gòngtóng yǔyán, liáo de hěn kāixīn.

They have a lot in common and chatted happily.

我们在这个问题上没有共同语言。

Wǒmen zài zhège wèntí shàng méiyǒu gòngtóng yǔyán.

We have no common ground on this issue.

Tips

usage

共同语言 is most often used figuratively to mean 'things in common' or 'shared understanding' between people, not literally about speaking the same language.

Stroke Order

共 gòng

同 tóng

语 yǔ

言 yán