商讨 (shāng tǎo): 議論するために

The company's senior executives are in the conference room discussing next year's investment plan; everyone is expressing their own views and the discussion is very lively.

The principal and the teachers discussed how to reduce the students' homework load, and finally decided to cut down the amount of homework each day.

Representatives of the two countries discussed the specific terms of trade cooperation in Geneva, and after three days of negotiations, they finally reached an agreement.

My roommate and I discussed where to travel on the weekend, and finally decided to go to a nearby ancient town because the scenery is nice and it doesn't cost much.