寧枉勿縱

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): níngwǎngwùzòng

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄥˊ ㄨㄤˇ ㄨˋ ㄗㄨㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ning⁴ wong² mat⁶ zung³

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

Idiom

寧枉勿縱

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

Synonyms

• (Cantonese) 有殺錯冇放過／有杀错冇放过 (jau⁵ saat³ co³ mou⁵ fong³ gwo³)

Antonyms

• 寧縱勿枉／宁纵勿枉 (níngzòngwùwǎng)