息事宁人 — Chinese idiom
息事宁人
xī shì níng rén
Traditional: 息事寧人
Meaning
- to keep the peace; to patch up a quarrel
Character by character
- 息xīto end, to cease, to put a stop to; pause, breath,
- 事shìaffair, matter, business; to serve; accident, inci
- 宁níngcalm, peaceful; healthy; rather; to prefer
- 人rénman, person; people
Idioms sharing a character
- 仰人鼻息 yǎng rén bí xī
- 偃旗息鼓 yǎn qí xī gǔ
- 姑息养奸 gū xī yǎng jiān
- 川流不息 chuān liú bù xī
- 息息相关 xī xī xiāng guān
- 气息奄奄 qì xī yǎn yǎn
- 无声无息 wú shēng wú xī
- 瞬息之间 shùn xī zhī jiān
- 瞬息万变 shùn xī wàn biàn
- 经久不息 jīng jiǔ bù xī
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