你应该宁可用词汇来造句，也不要试着死记硬背。

You should use words to make sentences, rather than try to learn them with rote memorisation.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

=1 你 nǐ you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您 nín)
=1 你 nǐ you (Note: In Taiwan, 妳 is used to address females, but in mainland China, it is not commonly used. Instead, 你 is used to address both males and females.)
2 应该 yīnggāi ought to; should; must
3 宁可 nìngkě
  1. preferably
  2. one would prefer to...(or not to...)
  3. would rather
  4. (would) be better to
  5. (to pick) the lesser of two evils
4 用词 yòngcí
  1. usage (of a term)
  2. wording
  3. phrasing
=5 汇 huì
  1. to remit
  2. to converge (of rivers)
  3. to exchange
=5 汇 huì
  1. class
  2. collection
=5 汇 huì variant of 汇 huì
6 来 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)
7 造句 zàojù sentence-making
8 也不 yěbù
  1. neither
  2. nor
=9 要 yāo (bound form) to demand; to coerce
=9 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
=9 要 yǎo
  1. (archaic) alternative form of 偠 (yǎo)
  2. alternative form of 偠 (yǎo)
  3. used in 要褭／要袅
10 试着 shìzhe (coll.) to try to
11 死记硬背 sǐjìyìngbèi
  1. to learn by rote
  2. to mechanically memorize