集思广益
jí sī guǎng yì
to pool everyone’s ideas
Character by character
集jí
gather
gather
思sī
thoughts
thoughts
广guǎng
broaden
broaden
益yì
benefit
benefit
Example
开这个会是为了集思广益，请大家多提意见。
This meeting is to pool ideas, so please give us your views.
Tone: positive (praise).
Usage and origin
From 诸葛亮.
Learn this in Lesson 103 · HSK 7–9: 政治体制入门 (How the political system is built)
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