与其
yǔqí
rather than; instead of
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“与其一块一块地修，不如在前面卖新表。”“Rather than repairing them one at a time, we would do better to sell new watches out front.”慢工 · Slow Work · HSK 5
大伯说：“我看，与其让她开一年面馆，把生意做坏，不如现在就把房子卖了，大家把钱分了。”Her uncle said, “If you ask me, rather than let her run the shop for a year and ruin the business, we'd do better to sell the place now and share the money.”遗嘱 · The Will · HSK 5
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