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yǔqí shuō... wúnìng shuō...
rather than saying..., it is better to say... (与其说……毋宁说……)
与其说 A，毋宁说 B means “rather than saying A, it is better to say B.” It is formal and literary.
대표 예문
与其说他失败了，毋宁说他积累了经验。
Yǔqí shuō tā shībài le, wúnìng shuō tā jīlěi le jīngyàn.
Rather than saying he failed, it is better to say he accumulated experience.
HSK 7
HSK 7
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구조 1개
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문제 20개
강의 요약
Read the sample sentence and notice how 与其说……毋宁说…… works in the frame: 与其说 A，毋宁说 B.
A is the interpretation the speaker wants to weaken; B is the preferred interpretation. 毋宁说 is more literary than 不如说. Use it for nuanced analysis, not simple choices between actions.
문형
与其说 A，毋宁说 B
replaces one interpretation with a more accurate or deeper one
与其说他失败了，毋宁说他积累了经验。
Yǔqí shuō tā shībài le, wúnìng shuō tā jīlěi le jīngyàn.
Rather than saying he failed, it is better to say he accumulated experience.
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