息
Meanings
1. (bound form) breath
2. (bound form) to cease; to stop
3. (bound form) to rest
4. (bound form) news
5. (bound form) interest (on money)
6. (bound form) to grow; to multiply
7. (literary) one's child
8. Taiwan pr. xí
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Examples2
树 欲 静 而 风 不 息, 子 欲 养 而 亲 不 在!
As the trees crave tranquility in the ever-persistent wind, the child craves the care of its ever-absent parents.
只要 一 息 尚存, 便 还有 希望。
While I breathe, I hope.