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勸架

简劝架 · 繁勸架

Mandarin · pinyin quàn jià

to mediate in a quarrel
to intervene in a dispute and try to calm things down

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勸: Look up this written character
架: jià · rack, stand, prop; prop up
劝: quàn · recommend, advise, urge

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4–4 · quan4 jia4

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(verb-object) to try to reconcile parties to a quarrel; to stop people from fighting each other; to mediate

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