宁为玉碎 nìngwéiyùsuì rather be shattered jade Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 宁 寧 nìng adverb would rather would rather; to prefer; would sooner为 為 wéi verbpreposition to be to be; to become; to act as; to serve as; to take as玉碎 yùsuì to die in glory (literary) to die for a noble cause or to preserve one's honor; to prefer death to dishonor (shortened form of the idiom 宁为玉碎，不为瓦全 nìngwéiyùsuìbùwéiwǎquán)
