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合璧

Mandarin · pinyin hé bì

to match harmoniously

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合: hé · combine, unite, join; gather
璧: bì · piece of jade with hole in it

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2–4 · he2 bi4

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verb

(literary, of two halves of a jade annulus) to rejoin to form a circular piece of jade
(figurative, of two different things) to combine harmoniously; to match well

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