求同存异

Traditional form:

求同存異

Pinyin (reading):

qiútóngcúnyì

Definitions:

• to seek common ground, putting differences aside (idiom)

Characters:

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

Traditional characters:

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