調tiu4停ting4

English

1. to reconcile
2. to intervene and mediate
3. to mediate
4. to bring warring parties to agreement
5. to arbitrate

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 令有矛盾嘅雙方停止對立

Examples

• 佢哋兩個經理嘅矛盾越搞越大，最後要出動 CEO 出手調停。

  The differences between those two managers widened so much that eventually the CEO had to intervene and mediate between them.

• 他是一個出色的調停者，並一直被人認為如此。

  He is an excellent fixer, and has always been regarded as such.

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