息事宁人

Traditional: 息事寧人

xī shì níng rén

Dictionary entry

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

What does 息事宁人 mean?

息事宁人 (xī shì níng rén) has the following dictionary meaning.

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

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息xī(bound form) breath · (bound form) to cease; to stop 事shìmatter · thing 宁nìngold variant of 寧|宁[ning4]人rénperson; people · CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]

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息事宁人

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