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preferably / one would prefer to...(or not to...) / would rather / (would) be better to / (to pick) the lesser of two evils
HSK 7-9
lesser yang gallbladder meridian of the leg (one of the 12 principal meridians of TCM)
Hinayana, the Lesser Vehicle / Buddhism in India before the Mayahana sutras / also pr. [Xiao3 cheng2]
a portion smaller than a half / the lesser part / the smaller part
Xiaoxue or Lesser Snow, 20th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 22nd November-6th December
Xiaoshu or Lesser Heat, 11th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 7th-22nd July
Xiaoman or Lesser Full Grain, 8th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 21st May-5th June
Thai ginger / lesser galangale (Kaempferia galanga)
Lesser Cold, 23rd of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 6th-19th January
(bird species of China) lesser fish eagle (Icthyophaga humilis)
the small or lesser seal, the form of Chinese character standardized by the Qin dynasty
lesser Panda / red panda / firefox
(bird species of China) lesser crested tern (Thalasseus bengalensis)
gibbon / Hylobatidae (gibbon and lesser ape family)
(ornithology) lesser rhea; Darwin's rhea (Rhea pennata)
lesser panda (Ailurus fulgens); red panda
(bird species of China) lesser necklaced laughingthrush (Garrulax monileger)
(bird species of China) lesser kestrel (Falco naumanni)
(bird species of China) lesser shortwing (Brachypteryx leucophris)
St Vincent and Grenadines, Caribbean island in Lesser Antilles
(bird species of China) lesser yellownape (Picus chlorolophus)
(bird species of China) lesser adjutant (Leptoptilos javanicus)
(bird species of China) lesser spotted woodpecker (Dryobates minor)
(bird species of China) lesser yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes)
(bird species of China) lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
(bird species of China) lesser frigatebird (Fregata ariel)
(bird species of China) lesser racket-tailed drongo (Dicrurus remifer)
(bird species of China) lesser whitethroat (Curruca curruca)
(bird species of China) lesser white-fronted goose (Anser erythropus)
(bird species of China) lesser coucal (Centropus bengalensis)
(bird species of China) lesser whistling duck (Dendrocygna javanica)
(bird species of China) lesser black-backed gull (Larus fuscus)
(bird species of China) lesser grey shrike (Lanius minor)


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