Negative adverb used before verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs to indicate negation; also used as a bound-form prefix to form terms with opposite meanings

freedom; liberty; the right to act according to one's own will within the scope of the law

rather; it would be better to; used to indicate that of two choices, the latter is preferable, often used in the 与其 yǔ​qí ... wú nìng pattern

to die; to pass away; to perish