我宁愿逃学也要玩电子游戏。

I'd rather skip school and play video games.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 我 wǒ
  1. I
  2. me
  3. my
2 宁愿 nìngyuàn would rather ... (than ...)
3 逃学 táoxué
  1. to play truant
  2. to cut classes
=4 也 Yě surname Ye
=4 也 yě
  1. also; too; as well; (not ...) either
  2. (used after a verbal or nominal expression X to indicate that X is an extreme or unexpected case) even (X)
  3. (literary) particle having functions similar to 啊 a
=5 要 yāo (bound form) to demand; to coerce
=5 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
=5 要 yǎo
  1. (archaic) alternative form of 偠 (yǎo)
  2. alternative form of 偠 (yǎo)
  3. used in 要褭／要袅
=6 玩 wán
  1. to play
  2. to have fun
  3. to trifle with
  4. toy
  5. sth used for amusement
  6. curio or antique (Taiwan pr. wàn)
  7. to keep sth for entertainment
=6 玩 wán
  1. variant of 玩 wán
  2. Taiwan pr. wàn
7 电子游戏 diànzǐyóuxì computer and video games