寧縱勿枉

Chinese

		peaceful; rather; Ningxia (abbrev.)	even if; release; vertical	do not	in the wrong; in vain
trad. (寧縱勿枉)		寧	縱	勿	枉
simp. (宁纵勿枉)		宁	纵	勿	枉
anagram		寧枉勿縱／宁枉勿纵

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): níngzòngwùwǎng

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄥˊ ㄗㄨㄥˋ ㄨˋ ㄨㄤˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ning⁴ zung³ mat⁶ wong²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: níngzòngwùwǎng
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄥˊ ㄗㄨㄥˋ ㄨˋ ㄨㄤˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: níngzòngwùwǎng
    • Wade–Giles: ning²-tsung⁴-wu⁴-wang³
    • Yale: níng-dzùng-wù-wǎng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ningtzonqwuhwoang
    • Palladius: нинцзунъуван (ninczunʺuvan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /niŋ³⁵ t͡sʊŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ u⁵¹ wɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ning⁴ zung³ mat⁶ wong²
    • Yale: nìhng jung maht wóng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ning⁴ dzung³ mat⁹ wong²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ning⁴ zung³ med⁶ wong²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɪŋ²¹ t͡sʊŋ³³ mɐt̚² wɔːŋ³⁵/

Idiom

寧縱勿枉

1. it is better to let go of the guilty than to wrong the innocent

Antonyms

• 寧枉勿縱／宁枉勿纵 (níngwǎngwùzòng)