平 息

píngxī

Meaning

(of wind etc) to subside; to die down
to quell; to smooth over (a dispute etc)
to suppress (a rebellion etc)

Example

暴风雨平息下来了。

The storm has died down.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

píngHSK 25 strokesflat; level; smooth xīHSK 110 strokesbreath

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