宁边 (寧邊)
Níng biān
Pinyin
Definition
宁边 (寧邊)
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- Yongbyon (Ryeongbyeon), site of North Korean nuclear reactor
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
Idioms (14)
不修边幅
- 1 not care about one's appearance (idiom)
- 2 slovenly in dress and manner
兔子不吃窝边草
- 1 A rabbit doesn't eat the grass by its own burrow (idiom); One shouldn't do anything to harm one's neighbors.
太阳从西边出来
- 1 lit. the sun rises in the west (idiom)
- 2 fig. hell freezes over
- 3 pigs can fly
宁做鸡头,不做凤尾
- 1 lit. would rather be a chicken's head than a phoenix's tail (idiom)
- 2 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
- 1 (of one's political views) to prefer left rather than right (idiom during the Cultural Revolution)