和缓 — meaning in English
hé huǎn
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English meaning
- allay verb To make quiet or put at rest; to pacify or appease; to quell; to calm.
- appease verb To calm someone down or make them less angry, especially by giving them what they want.
- assuage verb To make an unpleasant feeling, such as fear, guilt, or grief, less intense.
- calm adj Free from anxiety, agitation, or strong emotion; peaceful.
- lull noun A temporary period of calm or reduced activity.
- mollify verb To ease a burden, particularly to ease a worry; make less painful; to comfort.
- placate verb To calm someone down and ease their anger.
- propitiate verb To conciliate, appease, or make peace with someone, particularly a god or spirit.
- quiet adj Making little or no sound.
- quieten verb To make quiet, or to become quiet.
- soothe verb To calm someone down or make a painful or unpleasant feeling less intense.
Senses
和缓 is used for these senses in English:
- allay (transitive) To make quiet or put at rest; to pacify or appease; to quell; to calm.
- appease To make quiet; to calm; to reduce to a state of peace; to dispel (anger or hatred).
- assuage (transitive) To lessen the intensity of, to mitigate or relieve (hunger, emotion, pain, etc.).
- calm (transitive) To make calm.
- lull (transitive) To cause to rest by soothing influences; to compose; to calm
- mollify To ease a burden, particularly to ease a worry; make less painful; to comfort.
- placate (transitive) To calm; to bring peace to; to influence someone who was furious to the point that they become content or at least no longer irate.
- propitiate (transitive) To conciliate, appease, or make peace with someone, particularly a god or spirit.
allay — full definition
- verb To make quiet or put at rest; to pacify or appease; to quell; to calm.
- verb To alleviate; to abate; to mitigate.
- verb To subside, abate, become peaceful.
- verb To mix (metals); to mix with a baser metal; to alloy; to deteriorate.