我寧願自己獨立生活也不要他來指使我。

I would rather live by myself than do as he tells me to do.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 我 wǒ
  1. I
  2. me
  3. my
2 寧願 nìngyuàn would rather ... (than ...)
3 自己 zìjǐ
  1. oneself
  2. one's own
4 獨立 dúlì
  1. independent
  2. independence
  3. to stand alone
5 生活 shēnghuó
  1. to live
  2. life
  3. livelihood
6 也不 yěbù
  1. neither
  2. nor
=7 要 yāo (bound form) to demand; to coerce
=7 要 yào
  1. to want; to need; to ask for
  2. will; shall; about to
  3. need to; should
  4. if (same as 要是 yàoshi)
  5. (bound form) important
=7 要 yǎo
  1. (archaic) alternative form of 偠 (yǎo)
  2. alternative form of 偠 (yǎo)
  3. used in 要褭／要袅
8 他 tā
  1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his
  2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 tārì and 他人 tārén)
9 來 lái
  1. to come
  2. (used as a substitute for a more specific verb)
  3. hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回来 huílai)
  4. ever since (as in 自古以来 zìgǔyǐlái)
  5. for the past (amount of time)
  6. (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 来世 láishì)
  7. (between two verbs) in order to
  8. (after a round number) approximately
  9. (used after 得 dé to indicate possibility, as in 谈得来 tándelái, or after 不 bù to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不来 chībulái)
10 指使 zhǐshǐ
  1. to incite
  2. to prompt (sb to do sth)
11 我 wǒ
  1. I
  2. me
  3. my