Definition
撮合 means to bring two parties together, either as a romantic matchmaker or as a business intermediary (middleman). The romantic sense is more common in everyday conversation, while the business sense appears in commercial contexts.
v
to play matchmakerto bring together (romantically)to act as a middlemanto broker (in business)
Examples
- 撮合。Wǒ māma xiǎng cuō tāmen liǎ.My mom wants to play matchmaker for the two of them.
- 撮合。Tā cuō le yì bǐ dà shēngyi.He brokered a big business deal.
- 撮合，。Tā shàncháng cuō, bùguǎn shì àiqíng háishì shēngyi.He's good at bringing people together, whether in love or business.
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