寧肯
nìng​kěn

would rather

  • created reference approved 宁肯/寧肯 → 宁可/寧可 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    宁肯 / 寧肯 nìng​kěn

    宁可 / 寧可 nìng​kě

    same_as

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 宁肯/寧肯 · nìng​kěn · would rather — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    宁肯 / 寧肯

    nìng​kěn

    would rather

    would rather; would prefer; used to indicate a choice made after comparison, even if the circumstances are not entirely satisfactory

    níng​kěn

    宁 (literal) → 宁/寧 · nìng · would rather 肯 (literal) → 肯 · kěn · to be willing

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense