Meaning
The Confucian saying that nowadays sums up the government's philosophy is harmonious society.
Could you please paraphrase and explain the meaning of this sentence?
Does sums up have a specific meaning?
Top answer
To "sum up" means to briefly explain or express the most important parts of something. Your sentence is saying that the term "harmonious society" sums up the government's philosophy. It calls "harmonious society" a "saying", which hardly seems right to me.
- To "sum up" means to briefly explain or express the most important parts of something.
- Your sentence is saying that the term "harmonious society" sums up the government's philosophy.
- It calls "harmonious society" a "saying", which hardly seems right to me.
- A "saying" is something longer, normally a full sentence or thought.
- "harmonious society" is just a term or phrase.
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To "sum up" means to briefly explain or express the most important parts of something.
Your sentence is saying that the term "harmonious society" sums up the government's philosophy.
It calls "harmonious society" a "saying", which hardly seems right to me. A "saying" is something longer, normally a full sentence or thought. "harmonious society" is just a term or phrase. Also, it pr
0Abbas RajabpourThe Confucian saying that nowadays sums up the government's philosophy is harmonious society.
Is "nowadays" a noun, "sums up" a predicator (a transitive phrasal verb), "the government's philosophy is harmonious society" a direct object in the subordinate clause that nowadays sums up the government's philosophy is harmonious society?
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