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息事宁人
xī shì níng rén
What 息事宁人 means
- to keep the peace; to patch up a quarrel (idiom)
The characters in 息事宁人
- 息xībreath; news; interest (on an investment or loan)
- 事shìmatter; thing; item
- 宁nìngwould rather; to prefer; how (emphatic)
- 人rénperson; people
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