求同存異

to seek common ground, putting differences aside (idiom)

to seek / to look for / to request / to demand / to beseech

like / same / similar / together / alike / with

see 衚衕|胡同[hu2 tong4]

to exist / to deposit / to store / to keep / to survive

to seek consensus / to seek conformity

different / other / hetero- / unusual / strange / surprising / to distinguish / to separate / to discriminate