hé shì lǎo
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  • n.peacemaker; fence-straddler (more concerned with stopping the bickering than settling the issue); mediator

    • nǐ jīn tiān yào shuō gè shuí duì shuí cuò bù néng yù shì zǒng dāng hé shì lǎo

      今天遇事和事佬

      Tell us who's in the right and who's in the wrong. You can't act like a peacemaker every time there is a dispute.

    • tā dé dào le yī gè hé shì lǎo de míng shēng

      得到和事佬名声

      She had earned a reputation as a peacemaker.

    • tā xiǎng chōng dāng hé shì lǎo

      充当和事佬

      He tried to play thepeacemaker.