2 sentences

1. 铜钉比铁钉好，因为铁会生锈。

   tóng dīng bǐ tiě​dīng hǎo, yīn​wèi tiě huì shēng xiù.

   Copper nails are better than iron nails because the iron rusts.

   Source: UM-Corpus: Spoken

2. 我宁愿是一只铁锤，而不做一支铁钉。

   wǒ nìng​yuàn shì yī zhī tiě​chuí, ér bù zuò yī zhī tiě​dīng.

   I would rather be a hammer than a nail.

   Source: CCMatrix