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tranquil / tranquility / serenity
HSK 4
peaceful / tranquil / calm / composed / free from worry
HSK 7-9
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
Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, capital Yinchuan 銀川市|银川市 (abbr. to 寧|宁)
tannic acid (loanword)
unquiet state of mind
Suining county in Shaoyang 邵陽|邵阳, Hunan
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
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *寧* | 寧* | *寧
peaceful / to pacify / to visit (one's parents etc)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *寧* | 寧* | *寧
would rather / to prefer / how (emphatic) / Taiwan pr. [ning2]
Wanning City, Hainan
Jining, prefecture-level city in Shandong Province 山東省|山东省
Changning County in Yibin 宜賓|宜宾, Sichuan / Changning District in Shanghai
Ningling county in Shangqiu 商丘, Henan
Anning, a district of Lanzhou 蘭州市|兰州市, Gansu / see 安寧市|安宁市
Huaining, a county in Anqing 安慶|安庆, Anhui
Xining, prefecture-level city and capital of Qinghai Province 青海省
Chen-Ning Franklin Yang (1922-), theoretical physicist, co-developer of Yang-Mills gauge theory, 1957 Nobel laureate
(loanword) denim / tannin
Ningshan County in Ankang 安康, Shaanxi
Zhengning county in Qingyang 慶陽|庆阳, Gansu
Yongning county in Yinchuan 銀川|银川, Ningxia
Ninguang county in Tai'an 泰安, Shandong
Jiangning district of Nanjing City 南京市 in Jiangsu 江蘇|江苏
Daning county in Linfen 臨汾|临汾, Shanxi
to be restless
Suining county in Xuzhou 徐州, Jiangsu
Shanghai and Nanjing
Zhongning county in Zhongwei 中衛|中卫, Ningxia
to feel ill at ease
Leninism
Tianning district of Changzhou city 常州市, Jiangsu
Guangning county in Zhaoqing 肇慶|肇庆, Guangdong
rather die than submit (idiom)
Ningguo, county-level city in Xuancheng 宣城, Anhui
Vladimir Ilyich Lenin (1870-1924), Russian revolutionary leader
Ningyuan county in Yongzhou 永州, Hunan
Ningdu county in Ganzhou 贛州|赣州, Jiangxi
Giuseppe Castiglione (1688-1766), Jesuit missionary and artist who served as a painter in the Qing court for 50 years
Jingning county in Pingliang 平涼|平凉, Gansu
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
Funing county in Yancheng 鹽城|盐城, Jiangsu
Xingning, county-level city in Meizhou 梅州, Guangdong / Xingning District of Nanning City 南寧市|南宁市, Guangxi
Ningjin county in Xingtai 邢台, Hebei
Huaning county in Yuxi 玉溪, Yunnan
Ningjin county in Dezhou 德州, Shandong
Zhouning county in Ningde 寧德|宁德, Fujian
Ning county in Qingyang 慶陽|庆阳, Gansu
(literary) (of a married woman) to visit one's parents
Fengning Manchu autonomous county in Chengde 承德, Hebei
Leningrad, former name (1923-1991) of Russian city Saint Petersburg 聖彼得堡|圣彼得堡
Jingning Shezu autonomous county in Lishui 麗水|丽水, Zhejiang
Ningde, prefecture-level city in Fujian Province 福建省
Luoning county in Luoyang 洛陽|洛阳, Henan
Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningxia provinces
Xiangning county in Linfen 臨汾|临汾, Shanxi
Jining district or Zhining raion of Ulaanchab city 烏蘭察布市|乌兰察布市, Inner Mongolia
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
Funing county in Yancheng 鹽城|盐城, Jiangsu
Taining, a county in Sanming City 三明市, Fujian
Jianning, a county in Sanming City 三明市, Fujian
Puning, county-level city in Jieyang 揭陽|揭阳, Guangdong
Zhengning county in Qingyang 慶陽|庆阳, Gansu
Liaoning Province, capital Shenyang 瀋陽市|沈阳市 (abbr. to 遼|辽)
Huining county in Baiyin 白銀|白银, Gansu
Changning district, central Shanghai
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
Suining, prefecture-level city in Sichuan Province 四川省
better to have nothing (than substandard choice) (idiom); would prefer to go without than accept shoddy option
Downing Street (London)
Xiangning county in Linfen 臨汾|临汾, Shanxi
Ningshan County in Ankang 安康, Shaanxi
Apennine (Mountains)
Ningyang county in Tai'an 泰安, Shandong
Changning county in Yibin 宜賓|宜宾, Sichuan
Xiuning, a county in Huangshan 黃山|黄山, Anhui
Ningjin county in Dezhou 德州, Shandong
(in such circumstances) there will be no peace / one can never breathe easy
Ningjin county in Xingtai 邢台, Hebei

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