讲和

講和
jiǎnghé
verb #32,611

Meanings

  1. 1 to make peace; to reconcile; to settle a dispute

Examples

Liǎng guó zhōngyú juédìng jiǎnghé.
The two countries finally decided to make peace.
Tāmen chǎo le bàntiān, zuìhòu jiǎnghé le.
They argued for ages and finally made up.

Tips

usage
Works for both political peace (treaties between states) and personal reconciliation (friends or couples making up after a fight). here carries the older 'to negotiate / settle' sense (cf. 讲价 'haggle'); pair with ('peace') and you have 'negotiate-into-peace'. Compare 和好 (héhǎo) — purely interpersonal 'make up'; (yìhé) — strictly political 'negotiate peace'.
history
In imperial-era diplomatic vocabulary 讲和 frequently appears in records of Han-Xiongnu, Song-Jin, and Ming-Qing negotiations — often paired with (tribute payment) — making it a standard textbook term in Chinese history classes.

Stroke Order

jiǎng