| 奸佞 | jiān nìng | crafty and fawning | |
| 谗佞 | chán nìng | to defame one person while flattering another; a slandering toady | |
| 不佞 | bù nìng | without eloquence; untalented; I, me (humble) |
| 1 | He had seduced her. | |
| 2 | He had seduced her to avenge his friend Greely. | |
| 3 | Ningfo the surging tide in the world, the barrier and the East rivers, to turn the tide. | |
| 4 | He had seduced an innocent woman, and all because his pride had been stung by her attitude. | |
| 5 | So as there is as much difference between the counsel, that a friend giveth, and that a man giveth himself, as there is between the counsel of a friend, and of a flatterer. |