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Rather than ... better to with 与其…不如 — Chinese grammar (HSK 5)
与其 + Option A，不如 + Option B
与其…不如 (yǔqí ... bùrú) compares two choices and recommends the second: "rather than A, it is better to B". The rejected option comes first, the reverse of English "B rather than A". The subject, if any, goes before 与其 or after 不如.
Examples
| 与其在家等，不如出去找找。 Yǔqí zài jiā děng, bùrú chūqù zhǎozhao. | Rather than waiting at home, we had better go out and look. | |
| 与其坐出租车，不如坐地铁，又快又便宜。 Yǔqí zuò chūzūchē, bùrú zuò dìtiě, yòu kuài yòu piányi. | Rather than take a taxi, take the subway; it is faster and cheaper. | |
| 与其将来后悔，不如现在就努力。 Yǔqí jiānglái hòuhuǐ, bùrú xiànzài jiù nǔlì. | Better to work hard now than to regret it later. |