宁可 / 寧可
nìng kě
Meaning
- preferably
- one would prefer to...(or not to...)
- would rather
- be better to
- the lesser of two evils
Example sentences
我宁可死也不屈服。
我寧可死也不屈服。
wǒ nìng kě sǐ yě bù qū fú。
I would rather die than submit.
我宁可不要单独去那里。
我寧可不要單獨去那裏。
wǒ nìng kě bú yào dān dú qù nà lǐ。
I'd rather not go there alone.
俗话说:宁可玉碎,不能瓦全;可俗话又说:留得青山在,不怕没柴烧!
俗話說:寧可玉碎,不能瓦全;可俗話又說:留得青山在,不怕沒柴燒!
sú huà shuō: nìng kě yù suì, bù néng wǎ quán; kě sú huà yòu shuō: liú dé qīng shān zài, bù pà méi chái shāo!
"As the saying goes, ""Better to die a glorious death than live a shameful life."" But another saying goes, ""Where there's life, there's hope."""