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寧陽Níng yángsee 寧陽縣|宁阳县[Ning2 yang2 Xian4]寧陽縣Níng yáng XiànNingyang, a county in Tai'an City 泰安市[Tai4 an1 Shi4], Shandong凝液níng yècondensate寧遠Níng yuǎnsee 寧遠縣|宁远县[Ning2 yuan3 Xian4]寧願nìng yuànwould rather ... (than ...)寧遠縣Níng yuǎn XiànNingyuan, a county in Yongzhou City 永州市[Yong3 zhou1 Shi4], Hunan凝滯níng zhìto stagnate; to congeal; (fig.) to stop still; to freeze凝重níng zhòngdignified; grave (expression); imposing (attitude); heavy (atmosphere); (music etc) deep and resounding寧宗Níng zōngEmperor Ningzong of Southern Song (1168-1224)寧做雞頭,不做鳳尾nìng zuò jī tóu , bù zuò fèng wěilit. would rather be a chicken's head than a phoenix's tail (idiom); fig. to prefer to be a big fish in a small pond rather than a small fish in a big pond寧左勿右nìng zuǒ wù yòu(of one's political views) to prefer left rather than right (idiom during the Cultural Revolution)您好nín hǎohello (polite)呢呢ní nígarrulous; talkative呢呢癡癡ní ní chī chīdocile泥濘ní nìngmuddy; mud泥牛入海ní niú rù hǎilit. a clay ox enters the sea (idiom); fig. to disappear with no hope of returning泥盆紀Ní pén jìDevonian (geological period 417-354m years ago)泥菩薩ní pú sàclay Bodhisattva泥菩薩過江,自身難保ní pú sà guò jiāng , zì shēn nán bǎolike a clay Bodhisattva fording a river, can't guarantee his own safety; unable to save oneself, let alone others你情我願nǐ qíng wǒ yuànto both be willing; mutual consent擬球nǐ qiú(math.) pseudosphere, a surface in ordinary space of constant negative curvature泥鰍ní qiuloach; mud fish; CL:條|条[tiao2]尼人Ní rénNeanderthal (abbr. for 尼安德特人[Ni2 an1 de2 te4 ren2])擬人nǐ rénpersonification; anthropomorphism泥人ní rénclay figurine膩人nì réngreasy; boring尼日Ní rìNiger (Tw)尼日爾Ní rì ěrNiger (country in West Africa); Niger River, West Africa尼日爾河Ní rì ěr HéNiger River of West Africa尼日利亞Ní rì lì yàNigeria尼桑Ní sāngNissan, Japanese car make尼散月Ní sàn yuèNisan, the first month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar泥沙ní shāsilt泥沙俱下ní shā jù xiàmud and sand flow together (idiom); good and bad mingle逆商nì shāng(psychology) adversity quotient (abbr. for 逆境商數|逆境商数[ni4 jing4 shang1 shu4])擬聲nǐ shēngonomatopoeia擬聲唱法nǐ shēng chàng fǎscat singing擬聲詞nǐ shēng cíonomatopoeia逆生長nì shēng zhǎngto seem to grow younger; to regain one's youthful looks逆滲透nì shèn tòureverse osmosis睨視nì shìto look askance逆勢nì shìto go against the trend泥石流ní shí liúlandslide; torrent of mud and stones; mudslide逆時針nì shí zhēncounterclockwise泥守nì shǒustubborn and conservative泥水ní shuǐmuddy water; mud; masonry (craft)溺水nì shuǐto drown逆水nì shuǐagainst the current; upstream泥水匠ní shuǐ jiàngmason逆水行舟nì shuǐ xíng zhōulit. navigating a boat against the current (idiom); fig. in a tough environment (one needs to work hard)逆水行舟,不進則退nì shuǐ xíng zhōu , bù jìn zé tuìlike rowing a boat upstream, if you stop moving forward you fall back (idiom)尼斯Ní sīNice (city in France)溺死nì sǐto drown倪嗣沖Ní Sì chōngNi Sichong (1868-1924), general closely linked to Yuan Shikai 袁世凱|袁世凯[Yuan2 Shi4 kai3] during his unsuccessful 1915 bid for Empire尼斯湖水怪Ní sī hú shuǐ guàiLoch Ness Monster你死我活nǐ sǐ wǒ huólit. you die, I live (idiom); irreconcilable adversaries; two parties cannot coexist尼蘇Ní sūNisu (language)泥塑ní sùclay modeling; clay figurine or statue擬態nǐ tài(biol.) mimicry; (protective) mimicry; camouflage泥胎ní tāiclay idol泥潭ní tánquagmire泥炭ní tànpeat泥炭蘚ní tàn xiǎnmatted sphagnum moss (Sphagnum palustre)尼特ní tènit (symbol: nt), unit of luminance (loanword)