| | preferably / one would prefer to...(or not to...) / would rather / (would) be better to / (to pick) the lesser of two evils | HSK 5 |
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| | would rather / better | HSK 6 |
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| | peaceful / tranquil / calm / composed / free from worry | HSK 6 |
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| | would rather... / it would be better... / would prefer | HSK 6 |
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| | 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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| | peaceful / to pacify / to visit (one's parents etc) | |
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| | would rather / to prefer / how (emphatic) / Taiwan pr. [ning2] | |
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| | tranquil / tranquility / serenity | |
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| | (loanword) denim / tannin | |
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| | Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, abbr. 寧|宁, capital Yinchuan 銀川|银川 | |
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| | Nanning prefecture level city and capital of Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region in south China 廣西壯族自治區|广西壮族自治区 | |
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| | Liaoning province in northeast China, short name 遼|辽, capital Shenyang 瀋陽|沈阳 | |
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| | Ningbo subprovincial city in Zhejiang | |
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| | Ningyuan county in Yongzhou 永州, Hunan | |
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| | Xining prefecture level city and capital of Qinghai province 青海省 in west China | |
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| | Liaoning province in northeast China, short name 遼|辽, capital Shenyang 瀋陽|沈阳 | |
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| | Anning District of Lanzhou City 蘭州市|兰州市, Gansu / Anning City, to the west of Kunming 昆明, Yunnan | |
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| | Benin | |
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| | Kaliningrad, town on Baltic now in Russian republic / formerly Königsberg, capital of East Prussia | |
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| | Dongning county in Mudanjiang 牡丹江, Heilongjiang | |
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| | Jining prefecture-level city in Shandong | |
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| | Ningbo subprovincial city in Zhejiang | |
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| | (literary) (of a married woman) to visit one's parents | |
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| | Haining county level city in Jiaxing 嘉興|嘉兴, Zhejiang | |
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| | Yongning county in Yinchuan 銀川|银川, Ningxia | |
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| | quinine (loanword) | |
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| | Huaining county in Anqing 安慶|安庆, Anhui | |
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| | Wanning City, Hainan | |
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| | Liaoning, the first aircraft carrier commissioned into the PLA Navy (commissioned in 2012) | |
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| | Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, abbr. 寧|宁, capital Yinchuan 銀川|银川 | |
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| | Ningjiang district of Songyuan city 松原市, Jilin | |
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| | Jiangning district of Nanjing City 南京市 in Jiangsu 江蘇|江苏 | |
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| | Daning county in Linfen 臨汾|临汾, Shanxi | |
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| | Chinning township in Kinmen County 金門縣|金门县 (Kinmen or Quemoy islands), Taiwan | |
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| | Guangning county in Zhaoqing 肇慶|肇庆, Guangdong | |
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| | Tianning district of Changzhou city 常州市, Jiangsu | |
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| | Li Ning (1963-), PRC gymnast, winner of three gold medals at Los Angeles 1984 Olympic games | |
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| | Zhang Ning (1975-), PRC female badminton player and Olympic gold medalist | |
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| | Jiangning district of Nanjing City 南京市 in Jiangsu 江蘇|江苏 | |
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| | Ningxiang county in Changsha 長沙|长沙, Hunan | |
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| | Chinning township in Kinmen County 金門縣|金门县 (Kinmen or Quemoy islands), Taiwan | |
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| | Ningcheng county of Chifeng 赤峰, Inner Mongolia | |
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| | (in such circumstances) there will be no peace / one can never breathe easy | |
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| | Ning'an county level city in Mudanjiang 牡丹江, Heilongjiang | |
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| | Xingning county level city in Meizhou 梅州, Guangdong / Xingning District of Nanning City 南寧市|南宁市, Guangxi | |
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| | Changning district, central Shanghai | |
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| | Jining prefecture-level city in Shandong | |
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| | 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 in south China | |
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| | Ningdu county in Ganzhou 贛州|赣州, Jiangxi | |
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| | Suining prefecture level city in Sichuan | |
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| | 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 | |
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| | Leningrad, name of Russian city Saint Petersburg 聖彼得堡|圣彼得堡 1923-1991 | |
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| | Ninghai county in Ningbo 寧波|宁波, Zhejiang | |
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| | Downing Street (London) | |
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| | unquiet state of mind | |
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| | tannic acid (loanword) | |
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| | Yongbyon (Ryeongbyeon), site of North Korean nuclear reactor | |
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| | hospice | |
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| | Ningde prefecture level city in Fujian | |
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| | Xiuning county in Huangshan 黃山|黄山, Anhui | |
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| | Chen-Ning Franklin Yang (1922-), theoretical physicist, co-developer of Yang-Mills gauge theory, 1957 Nobel laureate | |
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| | Ning county in Qingyang 慶陽|庆阳, Gansu | |
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| | Vladimir Ilyich Lenin (1870-1924), Russian revolutionary leader | |
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| | Jingning county in Pingliang 平涼|平凉, Gansu | |
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| | Ninghai county in Ningbo 寧波|宁波, Zhejiang | |
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| | Emperor Ningzong of Southern Song (1168-1224) | |
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| | Changning County in Yibin 宜賓|宜宾, Sichuan / Changning District in Shanghai | |
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| | Jianning county in Sanming 三明, Fujian | |
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| | to feel ill at ease | |
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| | Zhongning county in Zhongwei 中衛|中卫, Ningxia | |
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| | Shanghai and Nanjing | |
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| | Suining prefecture level city in Sichuan | |
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| | Huaning county in Yuxi 玉溪, Yunnan | |
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| | Xining prefecture level city and capital of Qinghai province 青海省 in west China | |
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| | Suning county in Cangzhou 滄州|沧州, Hebei | |
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| | Xinning county in Shaoyang 邵陽|邵阳, Hunan | |
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| | Ningde prefecture level city in Fujian | |
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| | Haining county level city in Jiaxing 嘉興|嘉兴, Zhejiang | |
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| | Ningguo county level city in Xuancheng 宣城, Anhui | |
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| | Puning county level city in Jieyang 揭陽|揭阳, Guangdong | |
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| | tranquility yields transcendence (idiom); quiet life of profound study / cf Still waters run deep. | |
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| | Zhouning county in Ningde 寧德|宁德, Fujian | |
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| | Ningxiang county in Changsha 長沙|长沙, Hunan | |
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| | rather die than submit (idiom) | |
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| | Giuseppe Castiglione (1688-1766) Jesuit who served as Qing court painter for 50 years | |
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| | not as good as / would rather | |
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| | better to have nothing (than substandard choice) (idiom); would prefer to go without than accept shoddy option | |
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| | lit. not even the chickens and dogs are left undisturbed (idiom) / fig. great commotion / pandemonium | |
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| | Changning county level city in Hengyang 衡陽|衡阳, Hunan | |
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| | Xiuning county in Huangshan 黃山|黄山, Anhui | |
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| | Jining district or Zhining raion of Ulaanchab city 烏蘭察布市|乌兰察布市, Inner Mongolia | |
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| | Taining county in Sanming 三明, Fujian | |
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| | Suining county in Xuzhou 徐州, Jiangsu | |
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| | Jingning Shezu autonomous county in Lishui 麗水|丽水, Zhejiang | |
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| | Apennine (Mountains) | |
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| | Ningnan county in Liangshan Yi autonomous prefecture 涼山彞族自治州|凉山彝族自治州, south Sichuan | |
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