相安无事

xiāng ān wú shì

to live together in peace; to leave each other alone

Character by character

相xiāng
mutually

安ān
at peace

无wú
no

事shì
trouble

这两家邻居以前常常吵架，现在总算相安无事了。

The two families next door used to quarrel all the time, but now at last they leave each other in peace.

Tone: neutral.

Said of two sides that could clash but do not: neighbours, colleagues, countries, people and wild animals. Common forms are 一直相安无事 and 彼此相安无事.

Learn this in Lesson 25 · HSK 5: 一路向北的象群 (The elephants that walked north)

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