宁为玉碎，不为瓦全

Better broken jade than intact tile. / Death is preferable to dishonor. (idiom)

to store / to stand / space between the door and the entrance screen

old variant of 寧|宁[ning4]

abbr. for Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region 寧夏回族自治區|宁夏回族自治区[Ning2 xia4 Hui2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 qu1] / abbr. for Nanjing 南京[Nan2 jing1] / surname Ning

peaceful / to pacify / to visit (one's parents etc)

would rather / to prefer / how (emphatic) / Taiwan pr. [ning2]

variant of 寧|宁[ning2]

as (in the capacity of) / to take sth as / to act as / to serve as / to behave as / to become / to be / to do / by (in the passive voice)

because of / for / to

variant of 為|为[wei2] / as (i.e. in the capacity of) / to take sth as / to act as / to serve as / to behave as / to become / to be / to do

variant of 為|为[wei4]

variant of 為|为[wei2]

jade

to break down / to break into pieces / fragmentary

no; not so / (bound form) not; un-

roof tile / abbr. for 瓦特[wa3 te4]

all / whole / entire / every / complete