{"id":7755,"date":"2026-06-07T21:55:44","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T04:55:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/troubadourworks.com\/tiandi\/meotw\/?p=7755"},"modified":"2026-06-07T21:55:48","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T04:55:48","slug":"shijie-heping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/troubadourworks.com\/tiandi\/meotw\/2026\/06\/07\/shijie-heping\/","title":{"rendered":"sh\u00ecji\u00e8 h\u00e9p\u00edng"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3>\n\t\t\t<span onclick=\"plus(this)\">sh\u00ecji\u00e8<\/span><span class=\"plusinfo a\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(sh\u00ec\u00b7ji\u00e8\n\t\t\t<span class=\"lit\">{generation \u2192 [world]} \u00b7 extent \u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[world]<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u4e16\u754c)<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t<br class=\"\">\n\n\t\t\t<span onclick=\"plus(this)\">h\u00e9p\u00edng<\/span><span class=\"plusinfo a\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(h\u00e9\u00b7p\u00edng\n\t\t\t<span class=\"lit\">{being (together) with (one another)} \u00b7 {being flat, level, even} \u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[peace <i>(nwtsty<\/i>-CHS Appx. A2 says this term mainly refers to the absence of war or conflict)]<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u548c\u5e73)<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t<span style=\"color: hsl(100, 85%, 40%);\"> \ud83d\udc48\ud83c\udffc Tap\/click to show\/hide the \u201cflashcard\u201d<\/span>\n<\/h3>\n\n<p>[<strong>Notes:<\/strong> <span style=\"color: hsl(100, 85%, 40%)\">Tap\/click on a <span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>P\u012bny\u012bn<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(P\u012bn\u00b7y\u012bn\n\t\t\t<span class=\"lit\">{Piecing Together of} \u00b7 Sounds \u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[Pinyin]<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u62fc\u97f3)<\/span> expression to reveal its <\/span><span style=\"background-color: hsl(52, 55%, 87%);\">\u201cflashcard\u201d<\/span>; <span style=\"color: hsl(45, 85%, 40%)\">tap\/click on a <\/span><span style=\"background-color: hsl(52, 55%, 87%);\">\u201cflashcard\u201d<\/span> <span style=\"color: hsl(45, 85%, 40%)\">or its <span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>P\u012bny\u012bn<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(P\u012bn\u00b7y\u012bn\n\t\t\t<span class=\"lit\">{Piecing Together of} \u00b7 Sounds \u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[Pinyin]<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u62fc\u97f3)<\/span> expression to hide the<\/span> <span style=\"background-color: hsl(52, 55%, 87%);\">\u201cflashcard\u201d<\/span>. <span class=\"plusinfotransl\">\ud83d\udcd6<\/span> <span class=\"plusinfotransl\">\ud83d\udcc4<\/span> \ud83d\udcd8 icons mean <span class=\"plusinfotransl\">\ud83d\udcd6<\/span> <strong>Reveal All<\/strong>, <span class=\"plusinfotransl\">\ud83d\udcc4<\/span> <strong>Reveal Advanced<\/strong>, and \ud83d\udcd8 <strong>Reveal None<\/strong> re all the <span class=\"plusinfotransl\">\u201cflashcards\u201d<\/span> in the heading, paragraph, etc. that they are placed at the beginning of.]<\/p>\n<p>At the time of this writing, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jw.org\" title=\"Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses\u2014Official Website: jw.org\">jw.org<\/a> was featuring the No. 1 2026 issue of <i>The Watchtower,<\/i> the theme of which is \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jw.org\/en\/library\/magazines\/watchtower-no1-2026\/\" title=\"Watchtower Magazine, No.\u00a01 2026 | Is World Peace Possible?\">Is World Peace Possible?<\/a>\u201d. By comparing the English version of this issue with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jw.org\/cmn-hans\/%E5%A4%9A%E5%AA%92%E4%BD%93%E5%9B%BE%E4%B9%A6%E9%A6%86\/%E6%9D%82%E5%BF%97\/%E5%AE%88%E6%9C%9B%E5%8F%B02026%E5%B9%B4%E7%AC%AC1%E6%9C%9F\/\" title=\"\u300a\u5b88\u671b\u53f0\u300b\u6742\u5fd72026\u5e74\u7b2c1\u671f | \u4e16\u754c\u548c\u5e73\u53ea\u662f\u68a6\u5417\uff1f\">Mandarin version<\/a>, we can see that the organization is using this week\u2019s MEotW, <span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>\u201csh\u00ecji\u00e8<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(sh\u00ec\u00b7ji\u00e8\n\t\t\t<span class=\"lit\">{generation \u2192 [world]} \u00b7 extent \u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[world]<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u4e16\u754c)<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t<span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>h\u00e9p\u00edng<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(h\u00e9\u00b7p\u00edng\n\t\t\t<span class=\"lit\">{being (together) with (one another)} \u00b7 {being flat, level, even} \u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[peace <i>(nwtsty<\/i>-CHS Appx. A2 says this term mainly refers to the absence of war or conflict)]<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u548c\u5e73)<\/span><i>\u201d,<\/i> to translate the English expression \u201cworld peace\u201d into Mandarin:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jw.org\/en\/library\/magazines\/watchtower-no1-2026\/\" title=\"Watchtower Magazine, No.\u00a01 2026 | Is World Peace Possible?\">English<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nIs <strong>World Peace<\/strong> Possible?<\/p>\n<p>World peace <em>is<\/em> possible. In fact, it is a certainty\u2014but not in the way you might expect.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jw.org\/cmn-hans\/%E5%A4%9A%E5%AA%92%E4%BD%93%E5%9B%BE%E4%B9%A6%E9%A6%86\/%E6%9D%82%E5%BF%97\/%E5%AE%88%E6%9C%9B%E5%8F%B02026%E5%B9%B4%E7%AC%AC1%E6%9C%9F\/\" title=\"\u300a\u5b88\u671b\u53f0\u300b\u6742\u5fd72026\u5e74\u7b2c1\u671f | \u4e16\u754c\u548c\u5e73\u53ea\u662f\u68a6\u5417\uff1f\">Mandarin<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n\n\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t<span onclick=\"plusParentNode(this)\" class=\"plusinfotransl\" title=\"Reveal All\" aria-label=\"Reveal All\" role=\"button\">\ud83d\udcd6<\/span> <span onclick=\"advParentNode(this)\" class=\"plusinfotransl\" title=\"Reveal Advanced\" aria-label=\"Reveal Advanced\" role=\"button\">\ud83d\udcc4<\/span> <span onclick=\"minusParentNode(this)\" title=\"Reveal None\" aria-label=\"Reveal None\" role=\"button\">\ud83d\udcd8<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t<strong>\n\t\t\t<span onclick=\"plus(this)\">Sh\u00ecji\u00e8<\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(Sh\u00ec\u00b7ji\u00e8\n\t\t\t<span class=\"lit\">{Generation \u2192 [World]} \u00b7 Extent \u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[World]<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u4e16\u754c)<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t<span onclick=\"plus(this)\">H\u00e9p\u00edng<\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(H\u00e9\u00b7p\u00edng\n\t\t\t<span class=\"lit\">{Being (Together) with (One Another)} \u00b7 {Being Flat, Level, Even} \u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[Peace <i>(nwtsty<\/i>-CHS Appx. A2 says this term mainly refers to the absence of war or conflict)]<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u548c\u5e73)<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/strong>\n\n\t\t\t<span onclick=\"plus(this)\">Zh\u01d0sh\u00ec<\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(Zh\u01d0\u00b7sh\u00ec\n\t\t\t<span class=\"mt\">Only \u00b7 Is<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u53ea\u662f)<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t<span onclick=\"plus(this)\">M\u00e8ng<\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(<span class=\"mt\">{a Dream}<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u68a6\n\t\t\t<span class=\"trad\">\u5922<\/span>)<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t<span onclick=\"plus(this)\">Ma<\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t<i>(<\/i><span class=\"mt\"><i>[? ptcl for \u201cyes\/no\u201d questions]<\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\u5417\n\t\t\t<span class=\"trad\">\u55ce<\/span>)<\/span>?\n\n\t\t<\/p>\n\n\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t<span onclick=\"plusParentNode(this)\" class=\"plusinfotransl\" title=\"Reveal All\" aria-label=\"Reveal All\" role=\"button\">\ud83d\udcd6<\/span> <span onclick=\"advParentNode(this)\" class=\"plusinfotransl\" title=\"Reveal Advanced\" aria-label=\"Reveal Advanced\" role=\"button\">\ud83d\udcc4<\/span> <span onclick=\"minusParentNode(this)\" title=\"Reveal None\" aria-label=\"Reveal None\" role=\"button\">\ud83d\udcd8<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t<span onclick=\"plus(this)\">Sh\u00ecji\u00e8<\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(Sh\u00ec\u00b7ji\u00e8\n\t\t\t<span class=\"lit\">{generation \u2192 [world]} \u00b7 extent \u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[the world]<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u4e16\u754c)<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t<span onclick=\"plus(this)\">y\u00edd\u00ecng<\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(y\u00ed\u00b7d\u00ecng\n\t\t\t<span class=\"mt\"><span class=\"lit\">{(with) one} \u00b7 {setting fixedly} \u2192<\/span> [definitely]<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u4e00\u5b9a)<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t<span onclick=\"plus(this)\">hu\u00ec<\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(<span class=\"mt\">will<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u4f1a\n\t\t\t<span class=\"trad\">\u6703<\/span>)<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t<span onclick=\"plus(this)\">h\u00e9p\u00edng<\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(h\u00e9\u00b7p\u00edng\n\t\t\t<span class=\"lit\">{be (together) with (one another)} \u00b7 {be flat, level, even} \u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[be peaceful <i>(nwtsty<\/i>-CHS Appx. A2 says this term mainly refers to the absence of war or conflict)]<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u548c\u5e73)<\/span>,\n\n\t\t\t<span onclick=\"plus(this)\">d\u00e0n<\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(<span class=\"mt\">but<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u4f46)<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t<span onclick=\"plus(this)\">sh\u00edxi\u00e0n<\/span><span class=\"plusinfo a\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(sh\u00ed\u00b7xi\u00e0n\n\t\t\t<span class=\"mt\"><span class=\"lit\">(it) {solidly \u2192 [really]} \u00b7 {will appear} \u2192<\/span> [(it) will come true]<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u5b9e\u73b0\n\t\t\t<span class=\"trad\">\u5be6\u73fe<\/span>)<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t<span onclick=\"plus(this)\">de<\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(<span class=\"mt\">\u2019s<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u7684)<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t<span onclick=\"plus(this)\">f\u0101ngsh\u00ec<\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(f\u0101ng\u00b7sh\u00ec\n\t\t\t<span class=\"lit\">direction \u00b7 style \u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[way]<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u65b9\u5f0f)<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t<span onclick=\"plus(this)\">y\u011bx\u01d4<\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(y\u011b\u00b7x\u01d4\n\t\t\t<span class=\"mt\">{on the whole} \u00b7 maybe<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u4e5f\u8bb8\n\t\t\t<span class=\"trad\">\u4e5f\u8a31<\/span>)<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t<span onclick=\"plus(this)\">sh\u00ec<\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(<span class=\"mt\">{will be}<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u662f)<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t<span onclick=\"plus(this)\">n\u01d0<\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(<span class=\"mt\">you<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u4f60)<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t<span onclick=\"plus(this)\">xi\u01ceng\u2010bud\u00e0o<\/span><span class=\"plusinfo a\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t((xi\u01ceng\n\t\t\t<span class=\"lit\">{thinking of}<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u60f3)\u2010(bu\u00b7d\u00e0o\n\t\t\t<span class=\"lit\">not \u00b7 {are arriving at}<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u4e0d\u5230)\n\t\t\t<span class=\"lit\">\u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[are not expecting]<\/span>)<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t<span onclick=\"plus(this)\">de<\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(<span class=\"mt\">{\u2019s (way)}<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u7684)<\/span>!\n\n\t\t<\/p>\n\n\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h4>A Specific Kind of Peace<\/h4>\n<p><span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>\u201cSh\u00ecji\u00e8<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(Sh\u00ec\u00b7ji\u00e8\n\t\t\t<span class=\"lit\">{generation \u2192 [world]} \u00b7 extent \u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[world]<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u4e16\u754c)<\/span><i>\u201d<\/i> effectively means \u201cworld\u201d, and as <a href=\"https:\/\/wol.jw.org\/cmn-Hans\/wol\/d\/r23\/lp-chs-rb\/1001070202#h=6\" title=\"A2\u2003\u4fee\u8ba2\u7248\u7684\u7279\u8272 \u2014 \u5b88\u671b\u53f0\u7ebf\u4e0a\u4e66\u5e93\">Appendix A2<\/a> of the Mandarin <i>New World Translation<\/i> Bible tells us, <span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>\u201ch\u00e9p\u00edng<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(h\u00e9\u00b7p\u00edng\n\t\t\t<span class=\"lit\">{[is\/being] (together) with (one another)} \u00b7 {[is\/being] flat, level, even} \u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[peace | [is] peaceful | peacefully <i>(nwtsty<\/i>-CHS Appx. A2 says this term mainly refers to the absence of war or conflict)]<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u548c\u5e73)<\/span><i>\u201d<\/i> mainly refers to a specific kind of peace: the absence of war or conflict. So, it is the appropriate Mandarin expression to use to refer to the kind of peace that people generally have in mind when they use the English expression \u201cworld peace\u201d.<\/p>\n<h4>Other Kinds of Peace<\/h4>\n<p>Past MEotW posts have discussed the Mandarin expressions used to refer to other kinds of peace, as discussed in <a href=\"https:\/\/wol.jw.org\/cmn-Hans\/wol\/d\/r23\/lp-chs-rb\/1001070202#h=6\" title=\"A2\u2003\u4fee\u8ba2\u7248\u7684\u7279\u8272 \u2014 \u5b88\u671b\u53f0\u7ebf\u4e0a\u4e66\u5e93\">Appendix A2<\/a> of the Mandarin <i>New World Translation<\/i> Bible. For example, the MEotW <a href=\"https:\/\/troubadourworks.com\/tiandi\/meotw\/2021\/06\/21\/anning\/\" title=\"\u0101nn\u00edng - Mandarin Expression of the Week\">post<\/a> on <span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>\u201c\u0101nn\u00edng<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(<span class=\"mt\">{being peaceful}; {being tranquil} [\u2192 [peace; tranquillity]]<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u5b89\u5b81\n\t\t\t<span class=\"trad\">\u5b89\u5be7<\/span>)<\/span><i>\u201d<\/i> has this to say:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/wol.jw.org\/cmn-Hans\/wol\/d\/r23\/lp-chs-rb\/1001070202#h=6\" title=\"A2 \u4fee\u8ba2\u7248\u7684\u7279\u8272 &mdash; \u5b88\u671b\u53f0\u7ebf\u4e0a\u4e66\u5e93\">Appendix A2<\/a> of the current Mandarin version of the <i>New World Translation<\/i> Bible (nwtsty) explains that \u201c<span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>h\u00e9p\u00edng<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(<span class=\"mt\">peace | {[is] peaceful} (<i>nwtsty<\/i>-CHS Appx. A2 says this term mainly refers to the absence of war or conflict)<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u548c\u5e73)<\/span>\u201d mainly refers to the absence of war or conflict. However, even in a situation in which there is no <span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>h\u00e9p\u00edng<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(<span class=\"mt\">peace | {[is] peaceful} (<i>nwtsty<\/i>-CHS Appx. A2 says this term mainly refers to the absence of war or conflict)<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u548c\u5e73)<\/span>, God\u2019s holy spirit can still help people to maintain the spiritual quality of <span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>\u0101nn\u00edng<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(<span class=\"mt\">{being peaceful}; {being tranquil}<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u5b89\u5b81\n\t\t\t<span class=\"trad\">\u5b89\u5be7<\/span>)<\/span> in their hearts\u2014<em>inner<\/em> peace.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>As for the MEotW <a href=\"https:\/\/troubadourworks.com\/tiandi\/meotw\/2021\/07\/05\/hemu\/\" title=\"h\u00e9m\u00f9 - Mandarin Expression of the Week\">post<\/a> on <span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>\u201ch\u00e9m\u00f9<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(<span class=\"mt\">{[is] harmonious} [\u2192 [harmony; peaceful relations]]<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u548c\u7766)<\/span><i>\u201d,<\/i> it says:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/wol.jw.org\/cmn-Hans\/wol\/d\/r23\/lp-chs-rb\/1001070202#h=6\" title=\"A2 \u4fee\u8ba2\u7248\u7684\u7279\u8272 &mdash; \u5b88\u671b\u53f0\u7ebf\u4e0a\u4e66\u5e93\">Appendix A2<\/a> of the current Mandarin version of the <i>New World Translation<\/i> Bible (nwtsty) explains that \u201c<span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>h\u00e9p\u00edng<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(<span class=\"mt\">peace | {[is] peaceful} (<i>nwtsty<\/i>-CHS Appx. A2 says this term mainly refers to the absence of war or conflict)<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u548c\u5e73)<\/span>\u201d mainly refers to the absence of war or conflict. In contrast, \u201c<span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>h\u00e9m\u00f9<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(<span class=\"mt\">{[is] harmonious}<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u548c\u7766)<\/span>\u201d is used here in a more positive and precise way to refer to the peaceful harmony and unity that the Christ makes possible for \u201c<span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>shu\u0101ngf\u0101ng<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo a\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(shu\u0101ng\u00b7f\u0101ng\n\t\t\t<span class=\"mt\">(the) two \u00b7 <span class=\"lit\">{directions \u2192<\/span> [parties]<span class=\"lit\">}<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t\u53cc\u65b9\n\t\t\t<span class=\"trad\">\u96d9\u65b9<\/span>)<\/span>\u201d, \u201cthe two groups\u201d, Jews and non-Jews.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Additionally, the MEotW <a href=\"https:\/\/troubadourworks.com\/tiandi\/meotw\/2021\/08\/02\/hexie\/\" title=\"h\u00e9xi\u00e9 - Mandarin Expression of the Week\">post<\/a> on <span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>\u201ch\u00e9xi\u00e9<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(<span class=\"mt\">{[is] harmonious} [\u2192 [harmony]]<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u548c\u8c10\n\t\t\t<span class=\"trad\">\u548c\u8ae7<\/span>)<\/span><i>\u201d<\/i> says:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nWhy doesn\u2019t the Mandarin translation use good old \u201c<span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>p\u00edng\u2019\u0101n<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(p\u00edng\u2019\u00b7\u0101n\n\t\t\t<span class=\"mt\"><span class=\"lit\">{[is] flat, level, even \u2192<\/span> [[is] peaceful]<span class=\"lit\">}<\/span> \u00b7 {[is] safe, secure} (<i>nwtsty<\/i>-CHS Appx. A2 says this term mainly refers to things being smooth and stable, safe and secure, free of danger)<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u5e73\u5b89)<\/span>\u201d or \u201c<span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>h\u00e9p\u00edng<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(<span class=\"mt\">peace | {[is] peaceful} (<i>nwtsty<\/i>-CHS Appx. A2 says this term mainly refers to the absence of war or conflict)<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u548c\u5e73)<\/span>\u201d to translate \u201cpeace\u201d in this verse? <a href=\"https:\/\/wol.jw.org\/cmn-Hans\/wol\/d\/r23\/lp-chs-rb\/1001070202#h=6\" title=\"A2 \u4fee\u8ba2\u7248\u7684\u7279\u8272 &mdash; \u5b88\u671b\u53f0\u7ebf\u4e0a\u4e66\u5e93\">Appendix A2<\/a> of the current Mandarin version of the <i>New World Translation<\/i> Bible (nwtsty) explains that \u201c<span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>p\u00edng\u2019\u0101n<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(p\u00edng\u2019\u00b7\u0101n\n\t\t\t<span class=\"mt\"><span class=\"lit\">{[is] flat, level, even \u2192<\/span> [[is] peaceful]<span class=\"lit\">}<\/span> \u00b7 {[is] safe, secure} (<i>nwtsty<\/i>-CHS Appx. A2 says this term mainly refers to things being smooth and stable, safe and secure, free of danger)<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u5e73\u5b89)<\/span>\u201d mainly refers to things being smooth and stable, safe and secure, free of danger, and that \u201c<span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>h\u00e9p\u00edng<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(<span class=\"mt\">peace | {[is] peaceful} (<i>nwtsty<\/i>-CHS Appx. A2 says this term mainly refers to the absence of war or conflict)<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u548c\u5e73)<\/span>\u201d mainly refers to the absence of war or conflict. These are specific aspects of peace that don\u2019t necessarily apply in every context.<\/p>\n<p>We can see that those who translated the current Mandarin <i>NWT<\/i> Bible felt that the context of 1 Corinthians 14:33, which discusses who should speak when during meetings for spiritual encouragement, calls for \u201c<span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>h\u00e9xi\u00e9<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo a\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(<span class=\"mt\">{[is] harmonious}<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u548c\u8c10\n\t\t\t<span class=\"trad\">\u548c\u8ae7<\/span>)<\/span>\u201d to be used in this verse to translate the Greek word <i>ei\u00b7re\u02b9ne<\/i>, since the harmony that \u201c<span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>h\u00e9xi\u00e9<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(<span class=\"mt\">{[is] harmonious}<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u548c\u8c10\n\t\t\t<span class=\"trad\">\u548c\u8ae7<\/span>)<\/span>\u201d refers to contrasts well with the dissonance and disorder that would result if a meeting degenerated into a free-for-all of people speaking whenever and however they pleased.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Notes: Tap\/click on a expression to reveal its \u201cflashcard\u201d; tap\/click on a \u201cflashcard\u201d or its expression to hide the \u201cflashcard\u201d. \ud83d\udcd6 \ud83d\udcc4 \ud83d\udcd8 icons mean \ud83d\udcd6 Reveal All, \ud83d\udcc4 Reveal Advanced, and \ud83d\udcd8 Reveal None re all the \u201cflashcards\u201d in the heading, paragraph, etc. that they are placed at the beginning of.] At the time [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[61,15],"tags":[58,119,238,45,638,78,143,227,46,136],"class_list":["post-7755","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current-events","category-theocratic","tag-context","tag-jw-org","tag-new-world-translation-bible","tag-nwt-appendix-a2","tag-peace","tag-pinyin-plus","tag-related-expressions","tag-the-watchtower","tag-translation","tag-usage-examples"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>sh\u00ecji\u00e8 h\u00e9p\u00edng - Mandarin Expression of the Week<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/troubadourworks.com\/tiandi\/meotw\/2026\/06\/07\/shijie-heping\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"sh\u00ecji\u00e8 h\u00e9p\u00edng - Mandarin Expression of the Week\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"[Notes: Tap\/click on a expression to reveal its \u201cflashcard\u201d; tap\/click on a \u201cflashcard\u201d or its expression to hide the \u201cflashcard\u201d. \ud83d\udcd6 \ud83d\udcc4 \ud83d\udcd8 icons mean \ud83d\udcd6 Reveal All, \ud83d\udcc4 Reveal Advanced, and \ud83d\udcd8 Reveal None re all the \u201cflashcards\u201d in the heading, paragraph, etc. that they are placed at the beginning of.] At the time [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/troubadourworks.com\/tiandi\/meotw\/2026\/06\/07\/shijie-heping\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Mandarin Expression of the Week\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-06-08T04:55:44+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-06-08T04:55:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"tiandi\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@TiandiLinksNews\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@TiandiLinksNews\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"tiandi\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/troubadourworks.com\\\/tiandi\\\/meotw\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/07\\\/shijie-heping\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/troubadourworks.com\\\/tiandi\\\/meotw\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/07\\\/shijie-heping\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"tiandi\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/troubadourworks.com\\\/tiandi\\\/meotw\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/86583c7b099e090dfeb296aa818abb57\"},\"headline\":\"sh\u00ecji\u00e8 h\u00e9p\u00edng\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-06-08T04:55:44+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-06-08T04:55:48+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/troubadourworks.com\\\/tiandi\\\/meotw\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/07\\\/shijie-heping\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":1106,\"commentCount\":0,\"keywords\":[\"Context\",\"jw.org\",\"New World Translation Bible\",\"NWT Appendix A2\",\"Peace\",\"P\u012bny\u012bn Plus\",\"Related Expressions\",\"The Watchtower\",\"Translation\",\"Usage Examples\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Current Events\",\"Theocratic\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/troubadourworks.com\\\/tiandi\\\/meotw\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/07\\\/shijie-heping\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/troubadourworks.com\\\/tiandi\\\/meotw\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/07\\\/shijie-heping\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/troubadourworks.com\\\/tiandi\\\/meotw\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/07\\\/shijie-heping\\\/\",\"name\":\"sh\u00ecji\u00e8 h\u00e9p\u00edng - Mandarin Expression of the Week\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/troubadourworks.com\\\/tiandi\\\/meotw\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2026-06-08T04:55:44+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-06-08T04:55:48+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/troubadourworks.com\\\/tiandi\\\/meotw\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/86583c7b099e090dfeb296aa818abb57\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/troubadourworks.com\\\/tiandi\\\/meotw\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/07\\\/shijie-heping\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/troubadourworks.com\\\/tiandi\\\/meotw\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/07\\\/shijie-heping\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/troubadourworks.com\\\/tiandi\\\/meotw\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/07\\\/shijie-heping\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/troubadourworks.com\\\/tiandi\\\/meotw\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"sh\u00ecji\u00e8 h\u00e9p\u00edng\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/troubadourworks.com\\\/tiandi\\\/meotw\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/troubadourworks.com\\\/tiandi\\\/meotw\\\/\",\"name\":\"Mandarin Expression of the Week\",\"description\":\"Discussions for Mandarin field language learners about Mandarin expressions and related topics\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/troubadourworks.com\\\/tiandi\\\/meotw\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/troubadourworks.com\\\/tiandi\\\/meotw\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/86583c7b099e090dfeb296aa818abb57\",\"name\":\"tiandi\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/41e5dbf8837b5e9fcf710d3fed3bc0f3816a1b9803f861c9e97d0c0f52190c29?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/41e5dbf8837b5e9fcf710d3fed3bc0f3816a1b9803f861c9e97d0c0f52190c29?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/41e5dbf8837b5e9fcf710d3fed3bc0f3816a1b9803f861c9e97d0c0f52190c29?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"tiandi\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/troubadourworks.com\\\/tiandi\\\/meotw\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/troubadourworks.com\\\/tiandi\\\/meotw\\\/author\\\/tiandi\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"sh\u00ecji\u00e8 h\u00e9p\u00edng - Mandarin Expression of the Week","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/troubadourworks.com\/tiandi\/meotw\/2026\/06\/07\/shijie-heping\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"sh\u00ecji\u00e8 h\u00e9p\u00edng - Mandarin Expression of the Week","og_description":"[Notes: Tap\/click on a expression to reveal its \u201cflashcard\u201d; tap\/click on a \u201cflashcard\u201d or its expression to hide the \u201cflashcard\u201d. \ud83d\udcd6 \ud83d\udcc4 \ud83d\udcd8 icons mean \ud83d\udcd6 Reveal All, \ud83d\udcc4 Reveal Advanced, and \ud83d\udcd8 Reveal None re all the \u201cflashcards\u201d in the heading, paragraph, etc. that they are placed at the beginning of.] At the time [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/troubadourworks.com\/tiandi\/meotw\/2026\/06\/07\/shijie-heping\/","og_site_name":"Mandarin Expression of the Week","article_published_time":"2026-06-08T04:55:44+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-06-08T04:55:48+00:00","author":"tiandi","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@TiandiLinksNews","twitter_site":"@TiandiLinksNews","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"tiandi","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/troubadourworks.com\/tiandi\/meotw\/2026\/06\/07\/shijie-heping\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/troubadourworks.com\/tiandi\/meotw\/2026\/06\/07\/shijie-heping\/"},"author":{"name":"tiandi","@id":"https:\/\/troubadourworks.com\/tiandi\/meotw\/#\/schema\/person\/86583c7b099e090dfeb296aa818abb57"},"headline":"sh\u00ecji\u00e8 h\u00e9p\u00edng","datePublished":"2026-06-08T04:55:44+00:00","dateModified":"2026-06-08T04:55:48+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/troubadourworks.com\/tiandi\/meotw\/2026\/06\/07\/shijie-heping\/"},"wordCount":1106,"commentCount":0,"keywords":["Context","jw.org","New World Translation Bible","NWT Appendix A2","Peace","P\u012bny\u012bn Plus","Related Expressions","The Watchtower","Translation","Usage Examples"],"articleSection":["Current Events","Theocratic"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/troubadourworks.com\/tiandi\/meotw\/2026\/06\/07\/shijie-heping\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/troubadourworks.com\/tiandi\/meotw\/2026\/06\/07\/shijie-heping\/","url":"https:\/\/troubadourworks.com\/tiandi\/meotw\/2026\/06\/07\/shijie-heping\/","name":"sh\u00ecji\u00e8 h\u00e9p\u00edng - Mandarin Expression of the Week","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/troubadourworks.com\/tiandi\/meotw\/#website"},"datePublished":"2026-06-08T04:55:44+00:00","dateModified":"2026-06-08T04:55:48+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/troubadourworks.com\/tiandi\/meotw\/#\/schema\/person\/86583c7b099e090dfeb296aa818abb57"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/troubadourworks.com\/tiandi\/meotw\/2026\/06\/07\/shijie-heping\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/troubadourworks.com\/tiandi\/meotw\/2026\/06\/07\/shijie-heping\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/troubadourworks.com\/tiandi\/meotw\/2026\/06\/07\/shijie-heping\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/troubadourworks.com\/tiandi\/meotw\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"sh\u00ecji\u00e8 h\u00e9p\u00edng"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/troubadourworks.com\/tiandi\/meotw\/#website","url":"https:\/\/troubadourworks.com\/tiandi\/meotw\/","name":"Mandarin Expression of the Week","description":"Discussions for Mandarin field language learners about Mandarin expressions and related topics","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/troubadourworks.com\/tiandi\/meotw\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/troubadourworks.com\/tiandi\/meotw\/#\/schema\/person\/86583c7b099e090dfeb296aa818abb57","name":"tiandi","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/41e5dbf8837b5e9fcf710d3fed3bc0f3816a1b9803f861c9e97d0c0f52190c29?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/41e5dbf8837b5e9fcf710d3fed3bc0f3816a1b9803f861c9e97d0c0f52190c29?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/41e5dbf8837b5e9fcf710d3fed3bc0f3816a1b9803f861c9e97d0c0f52190c29?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"tiandi"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/troubadourworks.com\/tiandi\/meotw"],"url":"https:\/\/troubadourworks.com\/tiandi\/meotw\/author\/tiandi\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/troubadourworks.com\/tiandi\/meotw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7755","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/troubadourworks.com\/tiandi\/meotw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/troubadourworks.com\/tiandi\/meotw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/troubadourworks.com\/tiandi\/meotw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/troubadourworks.com\/tiandi\/meotw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7755"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/troubadourworks.com\/tiandi\/meotw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7755\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7770,"href":"https:\/\/troubadourworks.com\/tiandi\/meotw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7755\/revisions\/7770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/troubadourworks.com\/tiandi\/meotw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7755"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/troubadourworks.com\/tiandi\/meotw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7755"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/troubadourworks.com\/tiandi\/meotw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}