寧(寧);[甯]nínɡⅠ ? (安寧; 平安) peaceful; tranquil: 喪亂既平, 既安且 ~。 When war comes to an end, / Peace and rest reappear. Ⅱ ? [書] ? (探望、省視父母) visit one's parents; pay a visit to one's parents ? (守父母之喪) observe a period of mourning for one's deceased parents Ⅲ ? (南京的別稱) another name for Nanjing: 滬 ~ 鐵路 the Shanghai-Nanjing Railway ? (寧夏回族自治區(qū)的簡稱) short for the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region ? (姓氏) a surname: ~ 俞 Ning Yu 另見 see also nìnɡ。 ◆寧綢 {紡} nankin; 寧靜 peaceful; tranquil; quiet; 寧謐 [書] tranquil; 寧夏 Ningxia; 寧夏回族自治區(qū) the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region
寧(寧);[甯]nìnɡⅠ ? ? (寧可) rather; would rather; better: ~ 早勿晚。 Better be early than late. ~ 教我負(fù)天下人, 休教天下人負(fù)我。 I would rather betray the world than let the world betray me. ? [書] (豈; 難道) could there be: 山之險峻, ~ 有逾此? Could there be a mountain more precipitous than this? Ⅱ ? (姓氏) a surname: ~ 戚 Ning Qi 另見 see also nínɡ。 ◆寧可 would rather; better; 寧可無錢,不可無恥 It is better to be clothed in rags than to be clothed with shame.; 寧肯 would rather; 寧缺毋濫 It is better to leave a deficiency uncovered than to have it covered without discretion.; put quality before qantity; Fewer [Less] but better.; rather go without than have sth. shoddy; rather go without than make do with a substandard substitute; 寧死不屈 die rather than submit; Death before dishonour!; rather die than surrender [submit; yield]; would rather die than submit or be humiliated; would see oneself shot before yielding; 寧為雞口,毋[無]為牛后 better be a bird's beak than a cow's rump; better be a dog's head than a lion's tail; Better be the head of a lizard than the tail of a dragon.; Better be the head of the yeomary than the tail of the gentry.; Better to reign in hell than serve in Heaven.; 寧為玉碎, 不為瓦全 rather be a shattered vessel [broken piece] of jade than an unbroken piece of pottery — better to die in glory than live in dishonour; better to die in an attempt than seek ignominious safety; die with honour, rather than survive with dishonour; rather die for a noble cause than continue to live a shameful life; would rather be a broken jade object than an intack piece of pottery; would rather be a jade broken than a tile intact; would rather die as a hero than live as a coward; 寧愿 would rather; better; as soon; would rather ... than ...; don't want anything else, only ...; should like to; prefer to; better ... than ...; would do sth. before; would sooner ... than do sth. 寧níngquiet; calm; tranquilize |