Entry
息xī事shì宁níng人rén

  1. to keep the peace; to patch up a quarrel (idiom)

    trad. 息事寧人

Also written 息事寧人【xī shì níng rén】

Characters in this word

4
息
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(bound form) breath, (bound form) to cease; to stop, (bound form) to rest, (bound form) news, (bound form) interest (on money), (bound form) to grow; to multiply, (literary) one's child, Taiwan pr. [xi2]

Pinyin
xī
Strokes
10
Frequency
28998 of 2500
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