平静下来 píngjìngxiàlai to calm down Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 平静 平靜 píngjìng verb to calm down to become peaceful or quiet; to subside下来 下來 xiàlai particle [starting to] Used after an adjective to show that a state is starting to appear and will continue to develop, such as becoming quiet, dark, or slow.