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Chinese Character “HE” for the Philosophy of Harmony \u548c\u8c10<\/p>\n

The Beijing Olympics opening ceremony began at 8:08 a.m., on the eighth day of the eighth mo<\/em>nth of 2008. The exact time was picked by organizers because of the meaning of the number eight to the Chinese. It represents luck, prosperity and wealth. It was an appropriate number, apparently, as the opening ceremony and the Olympics in general have painted a picture of the new China: increasingly prosperous, powerful, harmo<\/em>nious and open. \u3000<\/p>\n

A major theme of the Olympics has been “harmony.” During the MovableType show of the performance, the Chinese character of “He” or \u548c was shown three time. \u548c is written in Pinyin Chinese as He, but it is pro<\/em>nounced more similar with the English word: Her.<\/p>\n

Indeed, this has been the overriding theme of the Chinese Communist Party for a number of years. China aims at building a “(\u548c\u8c10\u793e\u4f1ahexie shehui) harmo<\/em>nious society ,” which means a number of things: shrinking the wealth gap between the rich and the poor, improving relations between humanity and the environment, and a peaceful world order-something especially im<\/em>portant, given that experts say China is likely to be the world’s dominant power within a few decades.<\/p>\n

The interpretation of the characters “\u548c\u8c10 (hexie)”: “he \u548c” co<\/em>nsists of two parts: ‘mouth’ and‘millet’. The ‘mouth’ and the ‘millet’ compo<\/em>nents of the ‘he’ character demo<\/em>nstrate that everyone has food to eat; the ‘xie \u8c10’ character indicate that everyone has words to speak. Interpreting ‘hexie’ (harmony) in this way is not o<\/em>nly coincidence, but is the pleading of a China in transition, a pleading to “properly solve the problems of the people’s livelihood and democracy” in order to bring a<\/em>bout basic ‘hexie’ (harmony).<\/p>\n

Here are common ex<\/em>pressions and proverbs with Chinese character “he \u548c” prepared by ChineseHour teachers. If you have any problems in using these popular Chinese\u3000ex<\/em>pressions, please turn to Chinese teachers at www.chinesehour.com for immediate help any time of the day.
\u548c\u8c10 héxié, harmony \/ harmonious
 
\u548c\u5e73 hépíng, peace
 
\u548c\u8c08 hétán\uff0cpeace talks
 
\u548c\u597d héh\u01ceo, become reconciled
 
\u548c\u5e73\u9e3d hépíng g\u0113, peace dove
 
\u548c\u6c14\u751f\u8d22 héqì sh\u0113ngcái
Harmo<\/em>nious relatio<\/em>nship leads to good fortune. 
 
\u548c\u4e3a\u8d35 hé wéi guì
Harmony is most precious. Peace is to be cherished. (Confucius)
 
\u541b\u5b50\u548c\u800c\u4e0d\u540c j\u016bnz\u01d0 hé ér bùtóng
Gentlemen seek harmony but not uniformity. (Confucius)
 
\u5929\u65f6\u5730\u5229\u4eba\u548c ti\u0101nshí dìlì rénhé
Good opportunity, favorable geographical location and support from the people.
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