情愿 (qíng yuàn) — (verb) to be willing, to be ready (to do something, often at a cost); (adverb) would rather, would prefer (used in 情愿…也不… structure)
Definition
情愿 highlights willingness at a personal cost — the speaker accepts sacrifice. 宁愿 is the closer adverbial 'would rather', while 愿意 is plain 'willing to'.
verb
to be willingto be ready (to do something, often at a cost)
adverb
would ratherwould prefer (used in 情愿…也不… structure)
Examples
- 情愿，。Tā qíng yuàn fàng qì gāo xīn, huí dào jiā xiāng jiāo shū.He was willing to give up a high salary and return to his hometown to teach.
- 情愿。Wǒ qíng yuàn è sǐ yě bù chī zhè zhǒng bù gān jìng de dōng xī.I would rather starve to death than eat this kind of unclean thing.
- ，情愿。Wèi le huán bǎo, tā qíng yuàn měi tiān qí chē shàng bān.For environmental protection, she is willing to bike to work every day.
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