劝架

勸架
quànjià
verb #36,958

Meanings

  1. 1 to mediate in a quarrel
  2. 2 to break up a fight; to calm people down

Examples

HSK 4
邻居们赶紧过来劝架。
Línjūmen gǎnjǐn guòlái quànjià.
The neighbours quickly came over to break up the fight.
HSK 7-9
Tāmen liǎ chǎo de tài xiōng, méi rén gǎn quànjià.
The two of them were arguing so fiercely that no one dared step in.

Tips

grammar
Verb-object compound (劝 'urge' + 架 'fight') - like 离婚 'get divorced' or 见面 'meet', it splits: 劝了半天架 ('spent ages trying to break it up'), 劝过一次架. Don't try to put an object after it - the object is baked in.

Stroke Order

劝 quàn
架 jià