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adv.would rather...than...; should like to; prefer to; would do something before
我宁愿被饿死也不愿乞讨。
I prefer to be starved to death rather than beg.
宁愿自己吃亏，也不能让大家受损失。
It is better to lose oneself than to let others lose.
他宁愿牺牲，也不退却。
He would die before he quit.