宁可 寧可 nìng kě preferably / one would prefer to...(or not to...) / would rather / (would) be better to / (to pick) the lesser of two evils syn 小乘 xiǎo shèng Hinayana, the Lesser Vehicle / Buddhism in India before the Mayahana sutras / also pr. [Xiao3 cheng2] 小雪 xiǎo xuě Xiaoxue or Lesser Snow, 20th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 22nd November-6th December 小寒 xiǎo hán Lesser Cold, 23rd of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 6th-19th January 小乘 xiǎo chéng Hinayana, the Lesser Vehicle / Buddhism in India before the Mayahana sutras 小熊猫 小熊貓 xiǎo xióng māo lesser panda (Ailurus fulgens) / red panda syn 长臂猿 長臂猿 cháng bì yuán gibbon / Hylobatidae (gibbon and lesser ape family) 小篆 xiǎo zhuàn the small or lesser seal, the form of Chinese character standardized by the Qin dynasty syn 小暑 xiǎo shǔ Xiaoshu or Lesser Heat, 11th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 7th-22nd July 小满 小滿 xiǎo mǎn Xiaoman or Lesser Full Grain, 8th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 21st May-5th June 红熊猫 紅熊貓 hóng xióng māo lesser Panda / red panda / firefox 圣文森和格林纳丁 聖文森和格林納丁 shèng wén sēn hé gé lín nà dīng St Vincent and Grenadines, Caribbean island in Lesser Antilles 高良姜 高良薑 gāo liáng jiāng Thai ginger / lesser galangale (Kaempferia galanga) 小白额雁 小白額雁 xiǎo bái é yàn (bird species of China) lesser white-fronted goose (Anser erythropus) 小斑啄木鸟 小斑啄木鳥 xiǎo bān zhuó mù niǎo (bird species of China) lesser spotted woodpecker (Dryobates minor) 小杜鹃 小杜鵑 xiǎo dù juān (bird species of China) lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus) 栗树鸭 栗樹鴨 lì shù yā (bird species of China) lesser whistling duck (Dendrocygna javanica) 渔雕 漁鵰 yú diāo (bird species of China) lesser fish eagle (Icthyophaga humilis) 白斑军舰鸟 白斑軍艦鳥 bái bān jūn jiàn niǎo (bird species of China) lesser frigatebird (Fregata ariel) 黄爪隼 黃爪隼 huáng zhuǎ sǔn (bird species of China) lesser kestrel (Falco naumanni) 黑额伯劳 黑額伯勞 hēi é bó láo (bird species of China) lesser grey shrike (Lanius minor) 较少利用的树种 較少利用的樹種 lesser-used species 美洲小鸵 美洲小鴕 měi zhōu xiǎo tuó Lesser Rhea / Darwin's Rhea / Rhea pennata 小盘尾 小盤尾 xiǎo pán wěi (bird species of China) lesser racket-tailed drongo (Dicrurus remifer) 小凤头燕鸥 小鳳頭燕鷗 xiǎo fèng tóu yàn ōu (bird species of China) lesser crested tern (Thalasseus bengalensis) 小鸦鹃 小鴉鵑 xiǎo yā juān (bird species of China) lesser coucal (Centropus bengalensis) 小黄脚鹬 小黃腳鷸 xiǎo huáng jiǎo yù (bird species of China) lesser yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes) 小黑领噪鹛 小黑領噪鶥 xiǎo hēi lǐng zào méi (bird species of China) lesser necklaced laughingthrush (Garrulax monileger) 乌灰银鸥 烏灰銀鷗 wū huī yín ōu (bird species of China) lesser black-backed gull (Larus fuscus) 白喉林莺 白喉林鶯 bái hóu lín yīng (bird species of China) lesser whitethroat (Curruca curruca) 白喉短翅鸫 白喉短翅鶇 bái hóu duǎn chì dōng (bird species of China) lesser shortwing (Brachypteryx leucophris) 秃鹳 禿鸛 tū guàn (bird species of China) lesser adjutant (Leptoptilos javanicus) 黄冠啄木鸟 黃冠啄木鳥 huáng guān zhuó mù niǎo (bird species of China) lesser yellownape (Picus chlorolophus) 小半 xiǎo bàn a portion smaller than a half / the lesser part / the smaller part syn 少阳经 少陽經 shào yáng jīng lesser yang gallbladder meridian of the leg (one of the 12 principal meridians of TCM) 小美洲鸵 小美洲鴕 xiǎo měi zhōu tuó (ornithology) lesser rhea / Darwin's rhea (Rhea pennata) 