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宁静致远

níng jìng zhì yuǎn

4-character word Traditional 寧靜致遠

What 宁静致远 means

1. tranquility yields transcendence (idiom); quiet life of profound study
2. cf Still waters run deep.

The characters in 宁静致远

• 宁nìngwould rather; to prefer; how (emphatic)
• 静jìngstill; calm; quiet
• 致zhì(bound form) fine; delicate; exquisite
• 远yuǎnfar; distant; remote

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