言歸於好

Chinese

		to speak; to say; talk to speak; to say; talk; word	to go back; to return	in; at; to in; at; to; from; by; than; out of; surname	good; well; be fond of
trad. (言歸於好)		言	歸	於	好
simp. (言归于好)		言	归	于	好

Etymology

Originally part of an oath which was sworn, for instance, on the Convention of Kuiqiu (葵丘之會 [651 BCE]) as recorded in the Zuozhuan:

凡我同盟之人，既盟之後，言歸于好。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

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凡我同盟之人，既盟之后，言归于好。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4^th century BCE

Fán wǒ tóngméng zhī rén, jì méng zhīhòu, yán guī yú hǎo. [Pinyin]

We all who have united in this convention shall hereafter be reconciled in goodness.

The same oath was also quoted in the Mencius.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yánguīyúhǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˊ ㄍㄨㄟ ㄩˊ ㄏㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jin⁴ gwai¹ jyu¹ hou²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yánguīyúhǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˊ ㄍㄨㄟ ㄩˊ ㄏㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yángueiyúhǎo
    • Wade–Giles: yen²-kuei¹-yü²-hao³
    • Yale: yán-gwēi-yú-hǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yangueiyuhao
    • Palladius: яньгуйюйхао (janʹgujjujxao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn³⁵ ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ y³⁵ xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jin⁴ gwai¹ jyu¹ hou²
    • Yale: yìhn gwāi yū hóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jin⁴ gwai¹ jy¹ hou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yin⁴ guei¹ yu¹ hou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːn²¹ kʷɐi̯⁵⁵ jyː⁵⁵ hou̯³⁵/

Idiom

言歸於好

1. to bury the hatchet; to become reconciled