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平息

píng xī

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

平息 (píng xī) means "to settle (a dispute); to quieten down; to suppress". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 平息 means

1. (of wind etc) to subside; to die down
2. to quell; to smooth over (a dispute etc)
3. to suppress (a rebellion etc)

The characters in 平息

• 平píngflat; level; smooth; to make even; to level; equal; on the same level
• 息xībreath; news; interest (on an investment or loan)

Example sentences

• 暴风雨平息下来了。
  Bàofēngyǔ píngxī xiàlai le.
  The storm has died down.
• 他们的冲突终于平息了。
  Tāmen de chōngtū zhōngyú píngxī le.
  Finally, the discord between them came to an end.
• 我努力地平息他们不断加温的争执。
  Wǒ nǔlì de píngxī tāmen bù duàn jiāwēn de zhēngzhí.
  I tried very hard to put an end to their heated argument.
• 我命令希葛拉紧贴着婴孩卧下，以自己的乳汁哺育他，平息他的饥渴。我又令她将话语传遍整片森林，告诉所有爬虫与走兽：此子不可伤害。
  I commanded Shiegra to lie close to the babe, and to give it her milk to quiet its hunger. And I told her to send word throughout the forest, to all beasts and reptiles, that the child should not be harmed.

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• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read píng xī correctly.
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