以和为贵
yǐ hé wéi guì
In real, traceable use. Part of the curated seed collection; community review is coming.
Traditional: 以和為貴
To value harmony above all: keeping the peace matters more than winning the argument. Said when urging people to settle a dispute calmly.
Coi sự hoà thuận là quý nhất, giữ hoà khí quan trọng hơn chuyện hơn thua. Thường nói để khuyên mọi người nhường nhịn, giải quyết mâu thuẫn một cách êm đẹp.
Register: neutral
Examples
Editorial example (illustrative, not a corpus attestation) — awaiting a native-speaker check
Sources & notes
Hán-Việt bridge batch 061 (2026-11-13). Headword, Traditional form and pinyin checked against CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0) source ↗ · Hán-Việt reading: Unihan kVietnamese source ↗ ; en.wiktionary Vietnamese entries via kaikki.org extract, snapshot 2026-07-31 (CC BY-SA 4.0): Hán-Việt reading 以 = dĩ, 为/為 = vi; etymology of “dĩ hoà vi quý” = 以和為貴 · Vietnamese cognate: Idiomer entry “dĩ hoà vi quý” (di-hoa-vi-quy). Definition, literal gloss and example sentence are original; the example has not had a native-speaker check yet.
Equivalents & related
Common questions
What does “以和为贵” mean?
To value harmony above all: keeping the peace matters more than winning the argument. Said when urging people to settle a dispute calmly. Literally: take harmony as precious
Is “以和为贵” formal or informal?
以和为贵 is generally neutral.