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宁níng

peaceful / to pacify / to visit (one's parents etc)

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宁nìng

would rather / to prefer / how (emphatic) / Taiwan pr. [níng]

宁Níng

abbr. for Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region 寧夏回族自治區|宁夏回族自治区[Níng xià Huí zú Zì zhì qū] / abbr. for Nanjing 南京[Nán jīng] / surname Ning

宁愿nìng yuàn

would rather ... (than ...)

宁可nìng kě

preferably / one would prefer to...(or not to...) / would rather / (would) be better to / (to pick) the lesser of two evils

宁静níng jìng

tranquil / tranquility / serenity

安宁ān níng

peaceful / tranquil / calm / composed / free from worry

宁肯nìng kěn

would rather... / it would be better... / would prefer

心神不宁xīn shén bù níng

to feel ill at ease

奎宁kuí níng

quinine (loanword)

永无宁日yǒng wú níng rì

(in such circumstances) there will be no peace / one can never breathe easy

宁做鸡头，不做凤尾nìng zuò jī tóu , bù zuò fèng wěi

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

宁左勿右nìng zuǒ wù yòu

(of one's political views) to prefer left rather than right (idiom during the Cultural Revolution)