平等 píngděng equal
equal; equality
怎么记住“平等”: 平 level + 等 wait for = equal.
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用法
- Equality / equal (in rights and status): 男女平等 (nánnǚ píngděng) gender equality, 人人平等 (all people are equal).
- About equal standing and treatment, a social/legal value.
- Distinguish from 平均 (píngjūn, average/evenly divided) and 相等 (numerically equal); 平等 is about status/rights.
例句
- 人人生来平等。 Rén rénshēng lái píngděng.All men are created equal.
- 法律之前人人平等。 Fǎlǜ zhīqián rénrénpíngděng.All men are equal under the law.
- 法律面前人人平等。 Fǎlǜ miànqián rénrénpíngděng.Everyone is equal before the law.