Would rather do one thing than another.
How to read this entry#
宁可 expresses preference; the example supplies a negative alternative.
An authored teaching example#
我宁可走路，也不坐车。
I would rather walk than take a vehicle.
This is an independently written practice sentence. It is not a real quotation, and its wording does not establish how common the expression is.
Evidence and scope#
The dictionary supports the listed lexical meanings. Where the full expression is an editorial interpretation, it is identified above. No survey, movement size, employer policy or current app-access rule is inferred from a vocabulary entry.
Lexical reference: CC-CEDICT contributors, distributed by MDBG, release dated 23 October 2026. Any adapted lexical data is provided under CC BY-SA 4.0. The teaching example and translation are newly written.