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公平 (gōng píng) — fair, impartial

Definition

Fair and impartial in how people are treated or how rules/competition are run. Stronger and more about process than 合理 ('reasonable'). Pairs closely with 公正.

adjective
fairimpartial

Examples

  • 公平。
    Zhè ge jué dìng hěn gōng píng.
    This decision is very fair.
  • 公平。
    Gōng sī yīng gāi gěi yuán gōng gōng píng de dài yù.
    The company should give employees fair treatment.
  • 公平。
    Měi gè rén dōu xī wàng dé dào gōng píng de duì dài.
    Everyone hopes to receive fair treatment.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

公gōngimpartial
平pínglevel

公 means impartial and 平 means level; together they describe even-handed fairness.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

One theory sees 公 as a picture of a wide-mouthed, round-bottomed jar.

Open 公 →

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

The origin is uncertain. One explanation combines 八 (division) and 亏 (exhaled air) to show smooth speech.

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