Word: 寧 (níng, nìng)

寧 is how 宁 is written in traditional characters. These are the example sentences on the site that use it, written the same way.

Simplified: 宁

寧 dictionary entry

níng: peaceful; to pacify; to visit (one's parents etc); surname Ning; short for Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region; short for Nanjing
nìng: would rather; to prefer; how (emphatic)

Full dictionary entry for 寧

Example sentences using 寧

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寧為太平犬，莫作離亂人

nìng wéi tàipíng quǎn, mò zuò líluàn rén

better a dog in peacetime than a person in a time of chaos
寧養一條龍，不養十隻熊

nìng yǎng yìtiáolóng, bù yǎng shí zhī Xióng

better to raise one dragon than ten bears
寧吃過頭飯，莫說過頭話

nìng chī guòtóu fàn, mò shuō guòtóuhuà

better to overeat than to overstate
寧吃鮮桃兒一口，不吃爛杏兒一筐

níng chī xiān táo ér yìkǒu, bùchī làn xìng ér yì kuāng

better one bite of a fresh peach than a basket of rotten apricots
寧在人前全不會，不在人前會不全

nìng zài rén qián quán búhuì, bú zài rén qián huì bù quán

better to say you know nothing before others than to know things only partially
寧失一人喜，不結千人怨

nìng shī yì rén xǐ, bù jié qiān rén yuàn

better to lose one person's pleasure than earn a thousand people's resentment
寧棄千軍，不棄寸地

nìng qì qiān jūn, bú qì cùn dì

better to lose a thousand troops than give up an inch of land
寧當有日籌無日，莫待無時思有時

níng dāng yǒu rì chóu wú rì, mò dài wú shí sī yǒushí

better to plan in days of plenty for days of none, than to recall plenty when there is none
寧當雞頭，不做鳳尾

níng dāng jītóu, bú zuò Fèngwěi

better to be a chicken's head than a phoenix's tail
寧拆七座廟，不破一門婚

nìng chāi qī zuò miào, bú pò yìmén hūn

better to tear down seven temples than to break up one marriage
寧撞金鐘一下，不打鐃鈸三千

nìng zhuàng jīnzhōng yíxià, bù dǎ náobó sānqiān

better to strike the golden bell once than clash the cymbals three thousand times
寧治十男子，莫治一婦人；寧治十婦人，莫治一小兒

níng zhì shí nánzǐ, mò zhì yí fùrén; níng zhì shí fùrén, mò zhì yì xiǎor

better to treat ten men than one woman; better to treat ten women than one child
寧繞十步遠，不走一步險

nìng rào shí bù yuǎn, bù zǒu yíbù xiǎn

better to detour ten steps than walk one dangerous step
寧給飢人一口，不送富人一鬥

nìng gěi jī rén yìkǒu, bú sòng fùrén yì dǒu

better to give a hungry person a mouthful than to send a rich man a bushel
寧捨千畝地，不吃啞巴虧

nìng shě qiānmǔ dì, bù chīyǎbakuī

better to give up a thousand mu of land than swallow a dumb man's loss
寧跟明白人打一架，不跟糊塗人說句話

nìng gēn míngbáirén dǎ yí jià, bù gēn hútu rén shuō jù huà

better to fight a sensible person than say a word to a muddled one
寧進一步死，毋退一尺生

nìng jìnyíbù sǐ, wú tuì yìchǐ shēng

better to die a step forward than to live a foot back