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Meaning of 佞

Lookup via: Pinyin | Radicals
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:
Ideographic:Kindness toward a woman
Character Formation:
  • Left to right
    • [ rén ] man, person; people
    • Above to below
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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 nìng without eloquence; untalented; I, me (humble)
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Example Sentences
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.