抚平 (fǔ píng) — to soothe, to calm (emotions, worries); to smooth out (wrinkles, creases)
Definition
抚平 pairs with emotions/wounds and with physical surfaces like wrinkles — literally 'soothe or smooth flat'. The sibling 平息 (xī) is a near-synonym for the emotional sense (平息怒火), but 抚平 is more physical or gentle.
verb
to sootheto calm (emotions, worries)to smooth out (wrinkles, creases)
Examples
- 抚平。Tā de huà fǔ píng le wǒ de qíng xù.His words soothed my emotions.
- 抚平。Tā fǔ píng le chuáng dān.He smoothed the bedsheet.
- 抚平。Shí jiān màn màn fǔ píng le xīn zhōng de shāng tòng.Time slowly soothed the pain in the heart.
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