CHENGYU
互利共赢(hù lì gòng yíng)meaning, story and origin
- Register:
- formal, modern
- Source:
- 现代常用语（当代经济与外交用语）
MEANING
- Literal
- mutual benefit, win-win
- Figurative meaning
- a win-win situation in which all sides gain
ORIGIN STORY
A modern idiom popular since the 2000s in Chinese economics and diplomacy, expressing cooperation from which every party benefits. It combines the older ideas of 互利 (mutual benefit) and 共赢 (win-win).
NATURAL EQUIVALENT
“win-win”
EXAMPLES
合作的前提是互利共赢。Hézuò de qiántí shì hù lì gòng yíng.HSK6
The basis of cooperation is mutual benefit.
两国都希望实现互利共赢的发展。Liǎng guó dōu xīwàng shíxiàn hù lì gòng yíng de fāzhǎn.HSK6
Both countries hope for development that benefits both sides.
COMMON MISTAKE
Watch out: Modern rather than classical; do not cite an ancient source for it.
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- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-14
- CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01