与其让我在他手下干,我宁愿辞职。

I would rather quit than work under him.

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Sentence Composition

1 与其 rather than... (used in expressions of the form 與其 + {verb1} + 不如 + {verb2} "rather than {verb1}, better to {verb2}")
2 ràng
  1. to yield
  2. to permit
  3. to let sb do sth
  4. to have sb do sth
  5. to make sb (feel sad etc)
  6. by (indicates the agent in a passive clause, like bèi)
3
  1. I
  2. me
  3. my
4 zài
  1. to exist; to be alive
  2. (of sb or sth) to be (located) at
  3. (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
5
  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 and 他人 rén)
6 手下 shǒuxià
  1. under one's control or administration
  2. subordinates
  3. (money etc) on hand
  4. sb's financial means
  5. when taking action
=7 gān old variant of gān
=7 Gān surname Gan
=7 gān
  1. dry
  2. dried food
  3. empty; hollow
  4. taken in to nominal kinship; adoptive; foster
  5. futile; in vain
  6. (dialect) rude; blunt
  7. (dialect) to cold-shoulder
=7 gān variant of gān
=7 Gān surname Gan
=7 gān
  1. (bound form) to have to do with; to concern oneself with
  2. one of the ten heavenly stems 天干 tiāngān
  3. (archaic) shield
=7 gàn
  1. tree trunk
  2. main part of sth
  3. to manage
  4. to work
  5. to do
  6. capable
  7. cadre
  8. to kill (slang)
  9. to fuck (vulgar)
  10. (coll.) pissed off
  11. annoyed
=7 gàn
  1. (~, ~) Gan River (a river in Jiangxi, China)
  2. Alternative name for 江西 (Jiāngxī, “Jiangxi, a province of China.”).
  3. Gan River (a river in Jiangxi, China)
  4. Gan; Gan Chinese
8
  1. I
  2. me
  3. my
9 宁愿 nìngyuàn would rather ... (than ...)
10 辞职 zhí to resign