和而不同

Chinese

		mix together; peace; harmony mix together; peace; harmony; and; with; union; cap (a poem); respond in singing; soft; warm	and; as well as; but (not) and; as well as; but (not); yet (not); (shows causal relation); (shows change of state); (shows contrast)	not; no	like; same; similar like; same; similar; together; alike; with
simp. and trad. (和而不同)		和	而	不	同

Etymology

From the Analects, Book 13 (《論語·子路》):

子曰：「君子和而不同，小人同而不和。」 [Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]

From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

Zǐyuē: “Jūnzǐ hé ér bù tóng, xiǎorén tóng ér bù hé.” [Pinyin]

The Master said, "The superior man is affable, but not adulatory; the mean man is adulatory, but not affable."

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hé'érbùtóng

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄜˊ ㄦˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄊㄨㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wo⁴ ji⁴ bat¹ tung⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hé'érbùtóng
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ ㄦˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄊㄨㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hé-érbùtóng
    • Wade–Giles: ho²-êrh²-pu⁴-tʻung²
    • Yale: hé-ér-bù-túng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hererlbutorng
    • Palladius: хээрбутун (xɛerbutun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɤ³⁵ ˀɤɻ³⁵ pu⁵¹ tʰʊŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wo⁴ ji⁴ bat¹ tung⁴
    • Yale: wòh yìh bāt tùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wo⁴ ji⁴ bat⁷ tung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: wo⁴ yi⁴ bed¹ tung⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔː²¹ jiː²¹ pɐt̚⁵ tʰʊŋ²¹/

Idiom

和而不同

1. harmonious even when there exists different opinions; unity in diversity