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寧靜致遠 (ning4 zing6 zi3 jyun5) — meaning, pronunciation, examples

寧靜致遠 (ning4 zing6 zi3 jyun5, níng jìng zhì yuǎn) — tranquility yields transcendence (idiom); quiet life of profound study; cf Still waters run deep.

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beyond HSK

Related words

• 寧教人打仔，莫教人分妻 (ning4 gaau3 jan4 daa2 zai2 mok6 gaau3 jan4 fan1 cai1) — rather teach others to hit their children, and not persuade others to divorce, …
• 寧 (ning4) — (adverb) Would rather (do one thing than the other); peaceful; to pacify; to vi…
• 寧 (ning6) — peaceful; to pacify; to visit (one's parents etc); peace; another name for Nanj…
• 寧化 (ning4 faa3) — see 寧化縣|宁化县[Ning2 hua4 Xian4]
• 寧化縣 (ning4 faa3 jyun6) — Ninghua, a county in Sanming City 三明市[San1 ming2 Shi4], Fujian
• 寧南 (ning4 naam4) — see 寧南縣|宁南县[Ning2 nan2 Xian4]

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