| 息事宁人 |
xī shì níng rén |
to keep the peace; to patch up a quarrel (idiom) |
| 息 |
xī |
breath / news / interest (on an investment or loan) / to cease / to stop / to rest / Taiwan pr. [xi2] |
| 事 |
shì |
matter / thing / item / work / affair / CL:件,桩,回 |
| 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 |
| 人 |
rén |
person; people / CL:个,位 |