息事宁人
Traditional form:
息事寧人
Pinyin (reading):
xīshìníngrén
Definitions:
- to keep the peace; to patch up a quarrel (idiom)
Characters:
- 息 - to end, to cease, to put a stop to; pause, breath, rest; news
- 事 - affair, matter, business; to serve; accident, incident
- 宁 - calm, peaceful; healthy; rather; to prefer
- 人 - man, person; people
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