宁愿做自己而被人讨厌,也不要因为虚假而被人喜欢。

Better to be hated for who you are than loved for who you're not.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 宁愿 nìngyuàn would rather ... (than ...)
2 做自己 zuò to be oneself
3 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)
=4 bèi
  1. quilt
  2. to cover (with)
  3. (literary) to suffer (a misfortune)
  4. used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb)
  5. (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅游 bèilu:yóu to "go on a trip")
=4
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of (“to cover oneself; to scatter”)
  2. alternative form of (“to cover oneself; to scatter”)
=4
  1. alternative form of (bǐ, “that”)
  2. alternative form of (bì, “wig”)
=4 alternative form of
5 rén person; people

classifiers: ,

6 讨厌 tǎoyàn
  1. to dislike
  2. to loathe
  3. disagreeable
  4. troublesome
  5. annoying
7 也不
  1. neither
  2. nor
=8 yāo (bound form) to demand; to coerce
=8 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
=8 yǎo
  1. (archaic) alternative form of (yǎo)
  2. alternative form of (yǎo)
  3. used in 要褭要袅
9 因为 yīnwèi
  1. because
  2. owing to
  3. on account of
10 虚假 jiǎ false; phony; sham
11 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)
=12 bèi
  1. quilt
  2. to cover (with)
  3. (literary) to suffer (a misfortune)
  4. used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb)
  5. (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅游 bèilu:yóu to "go on a trip")
=12
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of (“to cover oneself; to scatter”)
  2. alternative form of (“to cover oneself; to scatter”)
=12
  1. alternative form of (bǐ, “that”)
  2. alternative form of (bì, “wig”)
=12 alternative form of
13 rén person; people

classifiers: ,

14 喜欢 huan to like; to be fond of