Dictionary/宁可

宁可 寧可

nìng kě

ㄋㄧㄥˋ ㄎㄜˇ
AdvHSK 7-9TOCFL L4core 10k
1preferably
2one would prefer to...(or not to...)
3would rather
4(would) be better to
5(to pick) the lesser of two evils

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宁可

Example

yǔ qí与其xiàng向mìng yùn命运tuǒ xié妥协，wǒ我nìng kě宁可zì shā自杀。
与其向命运妥协，我宁可自杀。
I would rather kill myself than reconcile myself to my fate.