我寧願待在這裡而不去。

I'd rather stay than go.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 我 wǒ
  1. I
  2. me
  3. my
2 寧願 nìngyuàn would rather ... (than ...)
=3 待 dāi to stay; to remain
=3 待 dài
  1. to wait
  2. to treat
  3. to deal with
  4. to need
  5. going to (do sth)
  6. about to
  7. intending to
4 在 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 這裡 zhèlǐ here
6 而 ér
  1. and
  2. as well as
  3. and so
  4. but (not)
  5. yet (not)
  6. (indicates causal relation)
  7. (indicates change of state)
  8. (indicates contrast)
7 不 bù
  1. no; not so
  2. (bound form) not; un-
8 去 qù
  1. to go
  2. to go to (a place)
  3. (of a time etc) last
  4. just passed
  5. to send
  6. to remove
  7. to get rid of
  8. to reduce
  9. to be apart from in space or time
  10. to die (euphemism)
  11. to play (a part)
  12. (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth
  13. (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker)
  14. (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)