jiū fēn
dispute; issue
争端 (zhēngduàn)
dispute
矛盾 (máodùn)
contradiction
和解 (hé jiě)
reconciliation
调解 (tiáo jiě)
mediation
The Chinese word "纠纷" (jiūfēn) is composed of two characters: "纠" (jiū) and "纷" (fēn). The character "纠" originally meant "to bind" or "to tie together", and later extended to mean "to investigate" or "to mediate". The character "纷" originally meant "to scatter" or "to disperse", and later extended to mean "to quarrel" or "to dispute". Thus, the word "纠纷" literally means "to investigate a quarrel" or "to mediate a dispute". It is commonly used in Chinese to refer to a conflict, disagreement, or dispute between two or more parties.
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