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tranquil / tranquility / serenity
HSK 4
would rather ... (than ...)
HSK 7-9
peaceful / tranquil / calm / composed / free from worry
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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  *宁* | 宁* | *宁
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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  *宁* | 宁* | *宁
peaceful / to pacify / to visit (one's parents etc)
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  *宁* | 宁* | *宁
would rather / to prefer / how (emphatic) / Taiwan pr. [ning2]
Zhongning county in Zhongwei 中衛|中卫, Ningxia
Ningwu county in Xinzhou 忻州, Shanxi
Xingning, county-level city in Meizhou 梅州, Guangdong / Xingning District of Nanning City 南寧市|南宁市, Guangxi
Huining county in Baiyin 白銀|白银, Gansu
Ninghua, a county in Sanming City 三明市, Fujian
Luoning county in Luoyang 洛陽|洛阳, Henan
Ningyang county in Tai'an 泰安, Shandong
Yining city and county or Ghulja nahiyisi in Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture 伊犁哈薩克自治州|伊犁哈萨克自治州, Xinjiang
Ning county in Qingyang 慶陽|庆阳, Gansu
Jiangning district of Nanjing City 南京市 in Jiangsu 江蘇|江苏
Yongning county in Yinchuan 銀川|银川, Ningxia
Ningguo, county-level city in Xuancheng 宣城, Anhui
Wanning City, Hainan
Huaining, a county in Anqing 安慶|安庆, Anhui
Shanghai and Nanjing
Ningdu county in Ganzhou 贛州|赣州, Jiangxi
Anning, a district of Lanzhou 蘭州市|兰州市, Gansu / see 安寧市|安宁市
Wuning county in Jiujiang 九江, Jiangxi
Xinning county in Shaoyang 邵陽|邵阳, Hunan
Suining county in Xuzhou 徐州, Jiangsu
Taining, a county in Sanming City 三明市, Fujian
Fengning Manchu autonomous county in Chengde 承德, Hebei
Ning'an, county-level city in Mudanjiang 牡丹江, Heilongjiang
Benin
Yongnning District of Nanning City 南寧市|南宁市, Guangxi
Ningcheng County of Chifeng 赤峰, Inner Mongolia
Jingning county in Pingliang 平涼|平凉, Gansu
Xiuning, a county in Huangshan 黃山|黄山, Anhui
Ningjin county in Dezhou 德州, Shandong
Ningling county in Shangqiu 商丘, Henan
Changning County in Yibin 宜賓|宜宾, Sichuan / Changning District in Shanghai
Ninghai county in Ningbo 寧波|宁波, Zhejiang
Kaliningrad, town on Baltic now in Russian republic / formerly Königsberg, capital of East Prussia
Xiangning county in Linfen 臨汾|临汾, Shanxi
Ningjin county in Xingtai 邢台, Hebei
Jianning, a county in Sanming City 三明市, Fujian
Vladimir Ilyich Lenin (1870-1924), Russian revolutionary leader
Zhouning county in Ningde 寧德|宁德, Fujian
Funing county in Wenshan Zhuang and Miao autonomous prefecture 文山壯族苗族自治州|文山壮族苗族自治州, Yunnan
Jingning Shezu autonomous county in Lishui 麗水|丽水, Zhejiang
Ningjiang district of Songyuan city 松原市, Jilin
Ningqiang County in Hanzhong 漢中|汉中, Shaanxi
Changning county in Baoshan 保山, Yunnan
Huaning county in Yuxi 玉溪, Yunnan
Ningshan County in Ankang 安康, Shaanxi
Zhengning county in Qingyang 慶陽|庆阳, Gansu
Suning county in Cangzhou 滄州|沧州, Hebei
Tianning district of Changzhou city 常州市, Jiangsu
Ningyuan county in Yongzhou 永州, Hunan
Funing county in Yancheng 鹽城|盐城, Jiangsu
Shouning county in Ningde 寧德|宁德, Fujian
Ningming county in Chongzuo 崇左, Guangxi
to feel ill at ease
rather die than submit (idiom)
Guangning county in Zhaoqing 肇慶|肇庆, Guangdong
to keep the peace; to patch up a quarrel (idiom)
better to have nothing (than substandard choice) (idiom); would prefer to go without than accept shoddy option
quinine (loanword)
lit. not even the chickens and dogs are left undisturbed (idiom) / fig. great commotion / pandemonium
Better broken jade than intact tile. / Death is preferable to dishonor. (idiom)
Browning, US firearm brand
(literary) (of a married woman) to visit one's parents
not as good as / would rather
tannic acid (loanword)
Apennine (Mountains)
Zhang Ning (1975-), PRC female badminton player and Olympic gold medalist
Groningen, province and city in the Netherlands
to be restless
Emperor Ningzong of Southern Song (1168-1224)
Liaoning Province, capital Shenyang 瀋陽市|沈阳市 (abbr. to 遼|辽)
Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, capital Yinchuan 銀川市|银川市 (abbr. to 寧|宁)
Nanning, prefecture-level city and capital of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region 廣西壯族自治區|广西壮族自治区
Leningrad, former name (1923-1991) of Russian city Saint Petersburg 聖彼得堡|圣彼得堡
Changning district, central Shanghai
tranquility yields transcendence (idiom); quiet life of profound study / cf Still waters run deep.
Xianning, prefecture-level city in Hubei Province 湖北省
Yongbyon (Ryeongbyeon), site of North Korean nuclear reactor

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