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[寧左勿右] nìngzuǒwùyòu (of one's political views) to prefer left rather than right (idiom during the Cultural Revolution)

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        nìngyuàn, [寧願], would rather/better
        nìngkě, [寧可], preferably/one would prefer to...(or not to...)/would rather/(would) be better t...
        Ānníng/ānníng, [安寧], Anning District of Lanzhou City 蘭州市|兰州市[Lán zhōu Shì], Gansu/Anning City, to the...
        níngjìng, [寧靜], tranquil/tranquility/serenity
        nìng/Níng/níng, [寕]/[寧]/[甯], old variant of 寧|宁[nìng], abbr. for Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region 寧夏回族自治區|宁夏回族自治...
        xīnshénbùníng, [心神不寧], to feel ill at ease
        Lièníng, [列寧], Vladimir Ilyich Lenin (1870-1924), Russian revolutionary leader
        
        
        kuíníng, [奎寧], quinine (loanword)
        
        TángníngJiē, [唐寧街], Downing Street (London)
        
        
        yǒngwúníngrì, [永無寧日], (in such circumstances) there will be no peace/one can never breathe easy
        nìngkěn, [寧肯], would rather.../it would be better.../would prefer
        
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        xīshìníngrén, [息事寧人], to keep the peace; to patch up a quarrel (idiom)
        Bèiníng, [貝寧], Benin
        Níngbō, [寧波], Ningbo subprovincial city in Zhejiang
        
        Liènínggélè, [列寧格勒], Leningrad, name of Russian city Saint Petersburg 聖彼得堡|圣彼得堡 1923-1991
        
        nìngsǐbùqū, [寧死不屈], rather die than submit (idiom)
        
        
        
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        Níngān, [寧安], Ning'an county level city in Mudanjiang 牡丹江, Heilongjiang
        Bólǎngníng, [勃朗寧], Browning, US firearm brand
        
        
        
        
        
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        Hǎiníng, [海寧], Haining county level city in Jiaxing 嘉興|嘉兴[Jiā xīng], Zhejiang
        
        
        
        
        wúnìng, [毋寧], not as good as/would rather
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        Níngxià, [寧夏], Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, abbr. 寧|宁[Níng], capital Yinchuan 銀川|银川[Yín chuān...
        
        
        Níngdé, [寧德], Ningde prefecture level city in Fujian
        
        
        
        
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        dānníngsuān, [單寧酸], tannic acid (loanword)
        
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        Lièníngzhǔyì, [列寧主義], Leninism
        
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        Luòníng, [洛寧], Luoning county in Luoyang 洛陽|洛阳, Henan
        dānníng, [丹寧], (loanword) denim/tannin
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        Zuǒ/zuǒ, surname Zuo, left/the Left (politics)/east/unorthodox/queer/wrong/differing/oppo...
        zuǒyòu, left and right/nearby/approximately/attendant/to control/to influence
        zuǒbian, [左邊], left/the left side/to the left of
        zuǒshǒu, left hand/left-hand side
        zuǒpiězi, left-handed
        zuǒcè, [左側], left side
        zuǒlúnshǒuqiāng, [左輪手槍], revolver
        zuǒyì, left-wing (political)
        
        
        zuǒyòushǒu, left and right hands/(fig.) capable assistant/right-hand man
        zuǒmiàn, left side
        
        
        
        
        xiāngzuǒ, to fail to meet each other/to conflict with each other/to be at odds with
        
        zuǒpài, (political) left/left wing/leftist
        
        
        zuǒshàng, upper left
        zuǒqīng, [左傾], left-leaning/progressive
        zuǒyòukāigōng, [左右開弓], lit. to shoot from both sides (idiom)/fig. to display ambidexterity/to slap with...
        
        Zuǒàn, Left Bank (in Paris)
        zuǒgùyòupàn, [左顧右盼], glancing to left and right (idiom); to look all around
        ZuǒZōngtáng, Zuo Zongtang (1812-1885), Chinese administrator and military leader
        zuǒyòuféngyuán, lit. to strike water right and left (idiom)/fig. to turn everything into gold/to...
        
        
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        zuǒlínyòushè, [左鄰右舍], neighbors/next-door neighbors/related work units/colleagues doing related work
        
        ZuǒZhuàn, [左傳], Zuo Zhuan or Tsochuan, Mr Zuo's Annals or Mr Zuo's commentary on 春秋[Chūn qiū], e...
        
        ZuǒSī, Zuo Si (3rd century), Jin dynasty writer and poet
        pángménzuǒdào, [旁門左道], dissenting religious sect (idiom); heretical school of opinion/dissident group
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        

        wù, do not
        
        

        yòu, right (-hand)/the Right (politics)/west (old)
        zuǒyòu, left and right/nearby/approximately/attendant/to control/to influence
        yòubian, [右邊], right side/right, to the right
        yòushǒu, right hand/right-hand side
        yòucè, [右側], right side
        zuòyòumíng, [座右銘], motto/maxim
        yòuyì, the right flank/(politically) right-wing
        yòumiàn, right side
        zuǒyòushǒu, left and right hands/(fig.) capable assistant/right-hand man
        
        
        
        
        yòufāng, right-hand side
        
        
        zuǒyòukāigōng, [左右開弓], lit. to shoot from both sides (idiom)/fig. to display ambidexterity/to slap with...
        zuǒgùyòupàn, [左顧右盼], glancing to left and right (idiom); to look all around
        zuǒyòuféngyuán, lit. to strike water right and left (idiom)/fig. to turn everything into gold/to...
        
        
        zuǒlínyòushè, [左鄰右舍], neighbors/next-door neighbors/related work units/colleagues doing related work
        
        yòuqīng, [右傾], right-wing/reactionary/conservative/(PRC) rightist deviation
        yòupài, (political) right/right wing/rightist
        
        
        jíyòuyì, [極右翼], extreme right (politics)

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