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tranquil / tranquility / serenity
HSK 4
would rather ... (than ...)
HSK 7-9
preferably / one would prefer to...(or not to...) / would rather / (would) be better to / (to pick) the lesser of two evils
HSK 7-9
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  *甯* | 甯* | *甯
variant of 寧|宁
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  *寧* | 寧* | *寧
abbr. for Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region 寧夏回族自治區|宁夏回族自治区 / abbr. for Nanjing 南京 / surname Ning
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  *寧* | 寧* | *寧
peaceful / to pacify / to visit (one's parents etc)
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  *寧* | 寧* | *寧
would rather / to prefer / how (emphatic) / Taiwan pr. [ning2]
Ningguo, county-level city in Xuancheng 宣城, Anhui
Ningling county in Shangqiu 商丘, Henan
Ningshan County in Ankang 安康, Shaanxi
Ningwu county in Xinzhou 忻州, Shanxi
Ninguang county in Tai'an 泰安, Shandong
Ningbo, sub-provincial city in Zhejiang Province 浙江省
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *宁* | 宁* | *宁
to store / to stand / space between the door and the entrance screen
rather die than submit (idiom)
Ningguo, county-level city in Xuancheng 宣城, Anhui
Ningyuan county in Yongzhou 永州, Hunan
Ningdu county in Ganzhou 贛州|赣州, Jiangxi
Ningjiang district of Songyuan city 松原市, Jilin
Ninghua, a county in Sanming City 三明市, Fujian
Ningcheng County of Chifeng 赤峰, Inner Mongolia
Ningqiang County in Hanzhong 漢中|汉中, Shaanxi
Ningjin county in Xingtai 邢台, Hebei
Ningjin county in Dezhou 德州, Shandong
Ning county in Qingyang 慶陽|庆阳, Gansu
Ningde, prefecture-level city in Fujian Province 福建省
Ning'an, county-level city in Mudanjiang 牡丹江, Heilongjiang
Ningling county in Shangqiu 商丘, Henan
Ningyuan county in Yongzhou 永州, Hunan
Ninghai county in Ningbo 寧波|宁波, Zhejiang
better to have nothing (than substandard choice) (idiom); would prefer to go without than accept shoddy option
Ningshan County in Ankang 安康, Shaanxi
Ningyang county in Tai'an 泰安, Shandong
Ningjin county in Dezhou 德州, Shandong
Ningjin county in Xingtai 邢台, Hebei
Ningming county in Chongzuo 崇左, Guangxi
Ninghai county in Ningbo 寧波|宁波, Zhejiang
Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, capital Yinchuan 銀川市|银川市 (abbr. to 寧|宁)
Ningming county in Chongzuo 崇左, Guangxi
Ninghua, a county in Sanming City 三明市, Fujian
Ningnan County in Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture 涼山彝族自治州|凉山彝族自治州, Sichuan
Ningjiang district of Songyuan city 松原市, Jilin
Ningcheng County of Chifeng 赤峰, Inner Mongolia
Ninglang Yizu Autonomous County in Lijiang 麗江市|丽江市, Yunnan
former Ninggang county in Jiangxi, now within Jinggangshan, county-level city 井岡山市|井冈山市 in Ji'an 吉安, Jiangxi
Ningdu county in Ganzhou 贛州|赣州, Jiangxi
former Ningxia province, now Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region 寧夏回族自治區|宁夏回族自治区
Ningqiang County in Hanzhong 漢中|汉中, Shaanxi
Ning'an, county-level city in Mudanjiang 牡丹江, Heilongjiang
former Ninggang county in Jiangxi, now within Jinggangshan, county-level city 井岡山市|井冈山市 in Ji'an 吉安, Jiangxi
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *寕* | 寕* | *寕
old variant of 寧|宁
would rather... / it would be better... / would prefer
tranquility yields transcendence (idiom); quiet life of profound study / cf Still waters run deep.
Better broken jade than intact tile. / Death is preferable to dishonor. (idiom)
Emperor Ningzong of Southern Song (1168-1224)
lit. would rather be a chicken's head than a phoenix's tail (idiom) / fig. to prefer to be a big fish in a small pond rather than a small fish in a big pond
(of one's political views) to prefer left rather than right (idiom during the Cultural Revolution)
rather destroy ten temples than a single marriage (idiom)
Ningwu county in Xinzhou 忻州, Shanxi
Ning'er Hani and Yi Autonomous County in Pu'er 普洱市, Yunnan
Ninglang Yizu autonomous county in Lijiang 麗江|丽江, Yunnan
Yongbyon (Ryeongbyeon), site of North Korean nuclear reactor


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