你宁愿说谎也不愿让他生气吗？

Would you rather lie than make him angry?

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 宁愿 nìngyuàn would rather ... (than ...)
3 说谎 shuōhuǎng
  1. to lie
  2. to tell an untruth
4 也不 yěbù
  1. neither
  2. nor
=5 愿 yuàn
  1. honest and prudent
  2. variant of 愿 yuàn
=5 愿 yuàn
  1. (bound form) wish; hope; desire
  2. to be willing
  3. to wish (that sth may happen); may ...
  4. vow; pledge
6 让 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 被 bèi)
7 他生 tāshēng next life; afterlife
8 气 qì
  1. gas; air
  2. smell
  3. weather
  4. to make angry; to annoy; to get angry
  5. vital energy; qi
=9 吗 má (coll.) what?
=9 吗 mǎ used in 吗啡 mǎfēi
=9 吗 ma (question particle for "yes-no" questions)