nìng

Translation

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

Synonyms

Examples

  • 为猫头不为狮尾。
    Better be the head of a cat than the tail of a lion.
  • 愿搭飞机旅行。
    I prefer to travel by air.
  • 愿说谎也不要让他生气吗?
    Would you rather lie than make him angry?
  • 的苹果种类非常多。
    Ghulja has very many kinds of apples.
  • 与其向命运妥协,我可自杀。
    I would rather kill myself than reconcile myself to my fate.
  • 愿饿死,也不会去偷东西。
    I would rather starve than steal.
  • 加里格勒旧称为哥尼斯堡。
    Kaliningrad was once called Koenigsberg.
  • 愿工作也不愿闲著。
    I prefer working to doing nothing.
  • 愿自己独立生活也不要他来指使我。
    I would rather live by myself than do as he tells me to do.
  • 愿到不喜欢的公司工作,也不想浑浑噩噩的又过一年。
    I would rather work for any company than waste another year.
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