宁 愿

nìngyuàn

Meaning

would rather ... (than ...)

Example

我宁愿忘记过去。

I prefer to forget the past.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

nìngHSK 45 strokesabbr. for Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region 寧夏回族自治區|宁夏回族自治区[Ning2 xia4 Hui2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 qu1]yuànHSK 214 strokeshonest and prudent

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