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Meaning of 佞

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佞
Pinyin: nìng
English Definition: to flatter; flattery
Chinese Definition:
①有才智,旧时谦称:不佞。
②善辩,巧言谄媚:佞人(有口才而不正派的人)。佞幸(以谄媚而得宠幸)。佞史(为讨好当权者而歪曲篡改事实的历史)。佞臣。奸佞。
Total strokes: 7; Radical: 人
Ideographic:Kindness 仁 toward a woman 女
Character Formation:
  • ⿰ Left to right
    • 亻 [ rén ] man, person; people
    • ⿱ Above to below
Similar Characters: 俀
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Example Words
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)
More:佞* | *佞 | *佞*
Example Sentences
1
他佞媾了她
。
He had seduced her.
2
他佞媾了她
,
是要替他的朋友格利列雪耻
。
He had seduced her to avenge his friend Greely.
3
在举世滔滔的佞佛大潮中
,
障百川而东之
,
挽狂澜于既倒
。
Ningfo the surging tide in the world, the barrier and the East rivers, to turn the tide.
4
他佞媾天真的女人
,
所有这一切都是因为她的态度刺伤了他的自尊
。
He had seduced an innocent woman, and all because his pride had been stung by her attitude.
5
因此
,
在朋友所给的诤言与自己所作的主张之间其差别有如良友的净言与谄佞的建议之间的差别一样
。
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.