rather than... (used in expressions of the form yǔ qí + {verb1} + 不如 bù rú + {verb2} "rather than {verb1}, better to {verb2}")

I would rather kill myself than reconcile myself to my fate.

Instead of just the marketing department completing all their work objectives is not as effective as all the departments working together and mutually realising all the objectives.

Tom is more clever than honest.

What began 21 months ago in the depths of winter cannot end on this autumn night. This victory alone is not the change we seek. It is only the chance for us to make that change. And that cannot happen if we go back to the way things were. It can't happen without you, without a new spirit of service, a new spirit of sacrifice. So let us summon a new spirit of patriotism, of responsibility, where each of us resolves to pitch in and work harder and look after not only ourselves but each other.

I would rather that you never returned than know that you wanted to leave.