存异求同

Traditional form:

存異求同

Pinyin (reading):

cúnyìqiútóng

Definitions:

• see 求同存異／求同存异 (qiútóng-cúnyì)

Characters:

• 存 - to exist; to survive, to maintain; to keep, to store; to deposit
• 异 - different, strange, unusual; foreign; surprising
• 求 - to seek; to request, to demand; to beseech, to beg for
• 同 - same, similar; together with, alike

Traditional characters:

• 存 - to exist; to survive, to maintain; to keep, to store; to deposit
• 異 - different, strange, unusual; foreign; surprising
• 求 - to seek; to request, to demand; to beseech, to beg for
• 同 - same, similar; together with, alike