seek common ground while reserving differences(qiú tóng cún yì)

seek common ground while reserving differences

Seeking common ground while reserving differences, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Qi ú t ó NGC ú NY ì, meaning to find common ground and reserve different opinions. From the book of rites, music.

Analysis of Idioms

The same as the same

Idiom usage

It's a combination; it's a predicate, an object and an attribute; it's commendatory. People's daily, March 23, 1965: "common ground is basic, differences are partial, we can seek common ground while reserving differences." Let's seek common ground while reserving differences on this issue. We should improve bilateral relations in the spirit of seeking common ground while reserving differences. The leaders of the two countries held frank and serious talks on the principle of seeking common ground while reserving differences.

The origin of Idioms

In the Confucian classic "the book of rites · the record of music", it appears: "the music is the same, the ceremony is different. "The same means blind date, the different means mutual respect, the joy means flow, and the ceremony means separation."

Chinese PinYin : qiú tóng cún yì