和平共处五项原则

Traditional form:

和平共處五項原則

Pinyin (reading):

hépínggòngchǔwǔxiàngyuánzé

Definitions:

• Zhou Enlai's Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence
• 1954 Panchsheel series of agreements between PRC and India

Characters:

• 和 - harmony, peace; calm, peaceful
• 平 - flat, level, even; peaceful
• 共 - all, total; together; to share
• 处 - to reside at, to live in; place, locale; department
• 五 - five; surname
• 项 - neck, nape; item; a term in an equation
• 原 - source, origin, beginning
• 则 - rule, law, regulation; grades

Traditional characters:

• 和 - harmony, peace; calm, peaceful
• 平 - flat, level, even; peaceful
• 共 - all, total; together; to share
• 處 - to reside at, to live in; place, locale; department
• 五 - five; surname
• 項 - neck, nape; item; a term in an equation
• 原 - source, origin, beginning
• 則 - rule, law, regulation; grades