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Expression Profile · xi-shi-ning-ren
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息事宁人

xī shì níng rén
📊 Corpus Indexed: 4 clips
💡 Meaning:

Common spoken expression used by native Chinese speakers in daily life.

Spoken Idiom
Grammar Pattern: 📐 对...来说 →

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你们把开枪杀人 说成是息事宁人
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你们把开枪杀人 说成是 息事宁人

(早点息事宁人) ── Previous context

“You call shooting someone "settling the matter"?”

《钢铁森林》 · 21:18
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送去息事宁人 你要了刀仔的命也没用
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送去 息事宁人 你要了刀仔的命也没用

(现在是一比十呀 全村人看着呢 我只能把刀仔宰了) ── Previous context

“and send him over to settle this. Killing Little Dao won't help.”

《伪钞重案》 · 31:36
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