- preferably
- one would prefer to...(or not to...)
- would rather
- (would) be better to
- (to pick) the lesser of two evils
Characters
- 宁 (寕): old variant of 寧|宁[ning4]
- 可 (可): (prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very
Resources
- Wiktionary: 宁可
- MDBG: 宁可
- Examples with 宁可 on Tatoeba
Examples
我宁可死，也不想看见你哭。
我不想坐汽车去，宁可走去。
与其向命运妥协，我宁可自杀。
你应该宁可用词汇来造句，也不要试着死记硬背。
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！