促成 cùchéng to facilitate
to facilitate; to help bring about
How to remember 促成: 促 to urge + 成 to become = to facilitate.
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How it is used
- To bring about, to make something happen through one's efforts - 促成这笔交易 (cùchéng zhè bǐ jiāoyì) to help clinch this deal.
- The 成 (accomplish) means the result succeeds; unlike 推动 (tuīdòng, to push forward, ongoing), 促成 implies the thing actually came together.
- Common with 合作 (cooperation), 交易 (deal), 和解 (reconciliation). The subject is usually a facilitating force, not the main party.