我寧死不降。

I would rather die than surrender.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 我 wǒ
  1. I
  2. me
  3. my
=2 寧 Níng
  1. abbr. for Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region 寧夏回族自治區 Níngxià Huízú Zìzhìqū
  2. abbr. for Nanjing 南京 Nánjīng
  3. surname Ning
=2 寧 níng
  1. peaceful
  2. to pacify
  3. to visit (one's parents etc)
=2 寧 nìng
  1. would rather
  2. to prefer
  3. how (emphatic)
  4. Taiwan pr. níng
3 死 sǐ
  1. to die
  2. impassable
  3. uncrossable
  4. inflexible
  5. rigid
  6. extremely
  7. damned
4 不降 Bù Jiàng
  1. (Chinese mythology) Bu Jiang (eleventh king of the semi-legendary Xia dynasty)
  2. Bu Jiang (eleventh king of the semi-legendary Xia dynasty)