Chinese-English Dictionary

Dictionary entries for 息事宁人
{ shì níng rén }
to keep the peace; to patch up a quarrel (idiom)


news interest breath rest Taiwan pr. xi2
shì
matter thing item work affair CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1]
níng
peaceful rather Ningxia (abbr.) Nanjing (abbr.) surname Ning
nìng
rather to prefer
rén
man person people CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]




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