Definition

1. Verb:
   • To mediate a peace (between two parties): To act as an intermediary to help two conflicting sides reach a state of peace, reconciliation, or settlement.
   • To reconcile: To restore friendly relations between individuals or groups who are in conflict.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Ông ấy đã đứng ra giải hoà cho hai gia đình. (He stepped in to mediate a peace between the two families.)
  • Sau cuộc tranh cãi, họ cần một người bạn để giải hoà. (After the argument, they needed a friend to reconcile them.)

Advanced Usage

• The term often implies a formal or deliberate intervention to end a dispute, not merely a spontaneous making up.
• It is commonly used in contexts of familial, communal, or diplomatic conflicts.

Variants and Related Words

• Giải hoà is a compound verb. Its core components are:
  • Giải (v): to solve, to untie, to resolve.
  • Hoà (adj/v): peace, harmony; to be in harmony.

Synonyms

• Reconcile: To restore friendship or harmony.
• Mediate: To intervene between people in a dispute to bring about an agreement.
• Make peace: To end a conflict or quarrel.

Related Idioms

• While "giải hoà" itself is not typically part of a longer idiom, the concept is central to phrases like:
  • Làm trung gian hoà giải: To act as a mediation intermediary.

    • Mục sư đã làm trung gian hoà giải trong vụ tranh chấp. (The pastor acted as a mediation intermediary in the dispute.)

1. Mediate a peace (between two parties), act a peace-marker