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(lěng jìng) - calm, cool-headed in Mandarin

lěngjìng

Traditional: 冷靜

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Translation

calm, cool-headed

Word origin

冷静 means calm or cool-headed. 冷 (lěng) means cold, a phono-semantic compound with the 冫 'ice' radical and phonetic 令 (lìng). 静 (jìng) means still or quiet, with the phonetic 青 (qīng) and the 争 element; simplified from 靜.

Origin
compound
Root
冷 (lěng, cold) + 静 (jìng, still)

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Examples

Please stay calm.

He dealt with the problem very calmly.

Calm down.

Stay calm when facing difficulties.

Please calm down and listen to me.

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This word is part of lesson 15.