和稀泥

Chinese

		mix together; moderate; harmonize	dilute	mud
trad. (和稀泥)		和	稀	泥
simp. ^#(和稀泥)		和	稀	泥

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): huò xī ní

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄒㄧㄋㄧˊ
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hō hi-nî

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: huò xī ní
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄒㄧㄋㄧˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: huò si ní
  - Wade–Giles: huo⁴ hsi¹ ni²
  - Yale: hwò syī ní
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huoh shi ni
  - Palladius: хо си ни (xo si ni)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɔ⁵¹ ɕi⁵⁵ ni³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hō hi-nî
  - Tâi-lô: hō hi-nî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoi hinii
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ho²²⁻²¹ hi⁴⁴⁻²² nĩ²⁴/

Verb

和稀泥

(idiomatic, figurative, colloquial) to try to smooth things over (by blurring the line between right and wrong, in disregard of principles); bothsidesism

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