政通人和

zhèngtōng-rénhé

idiom

Meanings

1 government runs smoothly and the people live in harmony; all is well with the state and its people

Characters

government; governance

to flow smoothly

Examples

HSK 4

只有政通人和，社会才能长治久安。

Zhǐyǒu zhèngtōng-rénhé, shèhuì cáinéng chángzhì-jiǔ'ān.

Only when government works smoothly and people live in harmony can society remain stable.

HSK 7-9

这位市长任期内，政通人和，百姓安居乐业。

Zhè wèi shìzhǎng rènqī nèi, zhèngtōng-rénhé, bǎixìng ānjū-lèyè.

Under this mayor's tenure, the government ran well and the people lived happily.

Tips

history

From Fan Zhongyan's Song-dynasty essay 《岳阳楼记》: 越明年，政通人和，百废俱兴 - 'the following year, governance flowed, the people were at peace, and every neglected matter revived.' One of the most famous lines in classical Chinese prose.

Stroke Order

政 zhèng

通 tōng

人 rén

和 hé