宁肯nìngkěnTop 35000Meanings1. would rather...2. it would be better...3. would preferCharacters used宁peaceful肯to consentExamples1与其yǔqí知道zhīdào你nǐ要yào走zǒu，我wǒ宁肯nìngkěn你nǐ没有méiyǒu回来huílai过guo。I would rather that you never returned than know that you wanted to leave.