镇宁县 (鎮寧縣)
Zhèn níng xiàn
Pinyin
Definition
镇宁县 (鎮寧縣)
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- Zhenning Buyei and Hmong autonomous county in Anshun 安順|安顺[Ān shùn], Guizhou
Character Decomposition
Idioms (9)
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)
宁拆十座庙,不毁一桩婚
- 1 rather destroy ten temples than a single marriage (idiom)
宁死不屈
- 1 rather die than submit (idiom)
宁为玉碎,不为瓦全
- 1 Better broken jade than intact tile.
- 2 Death is preferable to dishonor. (idiom)