nìng

  1. nìng verb to flatter; to praise
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
  2. nìng noun somebody who flatters
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
  3. nìng adjective wise
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
  4. nìng adjective hypocritical
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文

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  • 不佞 without eloquence; untalented; I, me (humble)
  • 唼佞 slander
  • 谗佞(讒佞) to defame one person while flattering another; a slandering toady
  • 奸佞 crafty and fawning ; a deceitful person
  • 佞幸 a flatterer; a person who flatters
  • 谄佞(諂佞) to flatter

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