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与其...不如...
與其...不如...
yǔ qí ... bù rú ...
phr. rather than..., it would be better to ...; rather than..., ... might as well...

Simplified Chinese

Traditional Chinese

Simplified stroke orders are based on the 'Standard of National Commonly-used Mandarin Chinese Characters (现代汉语通用字笔顺规范)', issued by the China National Language and Character Working Committee (国家语言文字工作委员会) on April 7th 1997. Traditional stroke orders are based on information issued by the Taiwan Ministry of Education.
EXAMPLES
与​其​待​在​家​里​，你​还​不​如​出​去​工​作​。
與​其​待​在​家​裡​，你​還​不​如​出​去​工​作​。
yǔ qí dāi zài jiā lǐ, nǐ hái bù rú chū qù gōng zuò .
phr. Rather than stay at home you might as well go out to work.
他​与​其​说​是​一​位​哲​学​家​，不​如​说​是​一​位​艺​术​家​。
他​與​其​說​是​一​位​哲​學​家​，不​如​說​是​一​位​藝​術​家​。
tā yǔ qí shuō shì yí wèi zhé xué jiā, bù rú shuō shì yí wèi yì shù jiā .
phr. He is more an artist than a philosopher.
与​其​在​这​儿打​游​戏​，我​还​不​如​去​看​电​影​。
與​其​在​這​兒打​遊​戲​，我​還​不​如​去​看​電​影​。
yǔ qí zài zhèr dǎ yóu xì, wǒ hái bù rú qù kàn diàn yǐng .
phr. Rather than play video games here, I might as well just go to a film.
与​其​在​家​休​息​，不​如​和​我​一​起​去​唱​卡​拉​OK。
與​其​在​家​休​息​，不​如​和​我​一​起​去​唱​卡​拉​OK。
yǔ qí zài jiā xiū xi, bù rú hé wǒ yì qǐ qù chàng kǎ lā .
phr. Rather than stay at home, (you) should go to karaoke with me.
与​其​你​们​去​，还​不​如​我​自​己​去​呢​。
與​其​你​們​去​，還​不​如​我​自​己​去​呢​。
yǔ qí nǐ men qù, hái bù rú wǒ zì jǐ qù ne .
phr. Rather than you go there, I might as well just go there myself.
你​与​其​做​实​验​，不​如​做​理​论​研​究​。
你​與​其​做​實​驗​，不​如​做​理​論​研​究​。
ní yǔ qí zuò shí yàn, bù rú zuò lǐ lùn yán jiū .
phr. Instead of carrying out experiments, you might as well be engaged in theoretical research.
与​其​坐​船​不​如​坐​飞​机​。
與​其​坐​船​不​如​坐​飛​機​。
yǔ qí zuò chuán bù rú zuò fēi jī .
phr. Rather than traveling by ship, (I)'d rather travel by air.
与​其​那​样​不​如​这​样​。
與​其​那​樣​不​如​這​樣​。
yǔ qí nà yàng bú rú zhè yàng .
phr. Rather than that way, (we)'d better do it this way.