| 宁静致远 |
níng jìng zhì yuǎn |
tranquility yields transcendence (idiom); quiet life of profound study / cf Still waters run deep. |
| 宁 |
nìng |
old variant of 宁 |
| 宁 |
Níng |
abbr. for Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region 宁夏回族自治区 / abbr. for Nanjing 南京 / surname Ning |
| 宁 |
níng |
peaceful / to pacify / to visit (one's parents etc) |
| 宁 |
nìng |
would rather / to prefer / how (emphatic) / Taiwan pr. [ning2] |
| 宁 |
níng |
variant of 宁 |
| 宁静 |
níng jìng |
tranquil / tranquility / serenity |
| 静 |
jìng |
still / calm / quiet / not moving |
| 致 |
zhì |
(bound form) fine; delicate; exquisite |
| 致 |
zhì |
(literary) to send; to transmit; to convey / (bound form) to cause; to lead to; consequently |
| 远 |
yuǎn |
far / distant / remote / (intensifier in a comparison) by far / much (lower etc) |
| 远 |
yuàn |
to distance oneself from (classical) |