mediate without principles; gloss over differences
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Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesverb (phrase)
to mediate or compromise without principle; to gloss over differences
informalUsed critically to describe someone who avoids addressing core conflicts and merely tries to make everyone superficially happy, often making things worse in the long run. Common in spoken language.
Yù遇
dào到
yuán原
zé则
wèn问
tí题
，
bù不
néng能
zhǐ只
shì是
huò和
xī稀
ní泥
。
When faced with a matter of principle, you can't just gloss over the differences.
Tā他
zhè这
ge个
lǎo老
hǎo好
rén人
jiù就
ài爱
huò和
xī稀
ní泥
，
cóng从
bù不
zhēn真
zhèng正
jiě解
jué决
wèn问
tí题
。
He's a people-pleaser who loves to mediate without principles, never really solving problems.
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Shuāng双
fāng方
máo矛
dùn盾
hěn很
shēn深
，
huò和
xī稀
ní泥
shì是
méi没
yòng用
de的
。
The conflict between the two sides is deep; glossing over it is useless.