寧靜致遠

tranquility yields transcendence (idiom); quiet life of profound study / cf Still waters run deep.

abbr. for Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region 寧夏回族自治區|宁夏回族自治区[Ning2 xia4 Hui2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 qu1] / abbr. for Nanjing 南京[Nan2 jing1] / surname Ning

peaceful / to pacify / to visit (one's parents etc)

would rather / to prefer / how (emphatic) / Taiwan pr. [ning2]

tranquil / tranquility / serenity

still / calm / quiet / not moving

to send / to devote / to deliver / to cause / to convey

(bound form) fine; delicate; exquisite

far / distant / remote / (intensifier in a comparison) by far / much (lower etc)

to distance oneself from (classical)