nìng​zhé​bù​wān

better to break than to bend

  1. would rather
    would rather; to prefer; would sooner
  2. zhé verbparticle
    to break
    to break; to snap; to bend; to fold; to twist
  3. adverb
    not
    Negative adverb used before verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs to indicate negation; also used as a bound-form prefix to form terms with opposite meanings
  4. to bend
    to bend something; to flex; to draw a bow