协商

to consult with / to talk things over / agreement

to cooperate / to harmonize / to help / to assist / to join

Shang Dynasty (c. 1600-1046 BC) / surname Shang

commerce / merchant / dealer / to consult / 2nd note in pentatonic scale / quotient (as in 智商[zhi4 shang1], intelligence quotient)

consultative conference (political venue during early communist rule) / consultative meeting / deliberative assembly

CPPCC (Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference)

plea bargain