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Pronunciation / Transliteration: zhézhōng
"双方在价格上互不相让，最后只好折中解决。"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A compromise reached by agreeing to a middle point between two opposing amounts, offers, or opinions.
"After a long negotiation on the car's price, they decided on a split-the-difference."
- 1
To compromise by accepting a middle course or an intermediate price between two opposing positions.
"Let's split the difference and agree on a salary halfway between your demand and my offer."
Thesaurus & Semantic Spectrum
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the literal sense of dividing a mathematical difference in half during financial calculations or trading. First recorded in the early 19th century in Anglo-American commercial contexts, the phrase evolved idiomatically to describe any compromise where two opposing parties settle on a middle value.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Split-the-difference" is said worldwide
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faire la part des choses
Transliteration: fɛʁ la paʁ de ʃoz
"Nous avons décidé de faire la part des choses pour conclure l'accord."
einen Mittelweg finden
Transliteration: ˈaɪnən ˈmɪtlˌveːk ˈfɪndn̩
"Beim Preis sollten wir einfach einen Mittelweg finden."
fare metà e metà
Transliteration: ˈfaːre meˈta e meˈta
"Per il prezzo dell'auto, facciamo metà e metà."
llegar a un término medio
Transliteration: ʝeˈɣaɾ a un ˈteɾmino ˈmeðjo
"Es mejor llegar a un término medio en lugar de discutir."
chegar a um meio-termo
Transliteration: ʃeˈɡaɾ a um ˈmɐj.u ˈtɛɾ.mu
"Vamos chegar a um meio-termo sobre o valor do aluguel."
बीच का रास्ता निकालना
Transliteration: beech ka raasta nikalna
"हमें दोनों पक्षों को संतुष्ट करने के लिए बीच का रास्ता निकालना चाहिए।"
折中
Transliteration: zhézhōng
"双方在价格上互不相让，最后只好折中解决。"
타협하다
Transliteration: tahyeophada
"우리는 가격을 절반씩 양보하여 타협하기로 했다."
折半する
Transliteration: seppan suru
"その費用は両者で折半しましょう。"
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