怀柔

懷柔

huáiróu

verb #54,092

Meanings

1 to win over by conciliation
2 to appease (a rival or restive group)
3 to pacify

Characters

to harbor; to embrace

Examples

HSK 7-9

朝廷采取怀柔政策安抚边疆。

Cháotíng cǎiqǔ huáiróu zhèngcè ānfǔ biānjiāng.

The court adopted a conciliation policy to pacify the frontier.

HSK 7-9

他用怀柔的手段化解了矛盾。

Tā yòng huáiróu de shǒuduàn huàjiě le máodùn.

He used conciliatory means to defuse the conflict.

Tips

history

怀柔政策 ('soft-power policy') is the classical Chinese term for imperial appeasement strategy, winning over frontier peoples with gifts, titles, and trade rather than military force. The phrase remains current in modern political and diplomatic writing.

culture

Also a Beijing district name, 怀柔区, home to the Mutianyu section of the Great Wall and several film studios.

Stroke Order

怀 huái

柔 róu