nìng​kě HSK7

would rather

宁可 (寧可) nìng​kě
would rather adverb
preferably; one would prefer to (or not to); would rather

I'd rather not go than argue with him.

better to adverb
would be better to; to pick the lesser of two evils

宁可

nìng​kě xìn yǒu, xìn .

It is better to believe it than not.

Frequency

Movie subtitles
9.54 per million appears in 4% of films
Written text
7.22 per million

Details

HSK 2.0
Level 5
HSK 3.0
Level 7

Sources

Definitions
CC-CEDICT