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the top and bottom of sth / the full vertical extent of sth; from top to bottom / to go up and down / before and after (as in 上下文 "context") / (used after a quantity) approximately; ... or so / (in a social hierarchy) the high and the low; seniors and juniors (as in 上下和睦 "harmony between superiors and subordinates") / all members of a group (as in 舉國上下|举国上下 "the entire nation") / relative superiority (as in 不相上下 "evenly matched")
HSK 5
harmonious / harmony / (euphemism) to censor
HSK 6
a mixture / an amalgam / fusion / welding together / to be in harmony with (nature) / to harmonize with / to fit in
HSK 6
in perfect harmony / in sync / lit. qin and se sing in harmony
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  *融* | 融* | *融
to melt / to thaw / to blend / to merge / to be in harmony
HSK 7-9
in harmony / happy / warm relations
equal / balanced / harmony / equilibrium
HSK 7-9
(idiom) to live together in harmony
not in harmony
the Legalist school of political philosophy, which rose to prominence in the Warring States period (475–221 BC) (The Legalists believed that social harmony could only be attained through strong state control, and advocated for a system of rigidly applied punishments and rewards for specific behaviors.) / a Legalist
(idiom) amiability leads to harmony
to live in harmony / to get along with each other
harmony (music)
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  *叶* | 叶* | *叶
to be in harmony
harmony
harmony is to be prized
qin and se, two string instruments that play in perfect harmony / marital harmony
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  *怡* | 怡* | *怡
harmony / pleased
harmonious / in perfect harmony
to harmonize / to live in harmony
to harmonize / harmony / cooperation / (music) consonant
if the family lives in harmony all affairs will prosper (idiom)
vowel harmony (in phonetics of Altaic languages)
compatibility / mutual harmony
fig. the man sings and the woman follows / fig. marital harmony
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  *燮* | 燮* | *燮
to blend / to adjust / to harmonize / harmony
ordinary tones / everyday harmony / common chord
harmony (pleasing combination of sounds)
out of tune / marital discord, cf qin and se 琴瑟, two string instruments as symbol of marital harmony
Hall of Supreme Harmony, the largest of the three halls that constitute the heart of the Outer Court of the Forbidden City 紫禁城
concord / harmony
(literary) close relative (within a clan) / (literary) to maintain harmony among relatives
widowed / lit. broken string, cf 琴瑟 qin and se, two instruments epitomizing marital harmony
see 大同市 / see 大同鄉|大同乡 / see 大同區|大同区 / (Confucianism) Great Harmony (concept of an ideal society)
the appearance of unity, but divided at heart (idiom); seeming harmony belies underlying disagreement
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  *雍* | 雍* | *雍
harmony
(neologism) (slang) person who willfully ignores societal problems while maintaining a facade of blissful normalcy (derived from 歲月靜好|岁月静好, "it is a time of peace and harmony")
harmonious / to adjust / to tune (e.g. wireless receiver) / to bring into harmony
harmony
vowel harmony (in phonetics)
Liuhe Bafa - "Six Harmonies, Eight Methods" - Martial Art
in harmony / happy together


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