I wanted to go grocery shopping after work, but I thought, “It’s too crowded — it’d be better to order takeout.” Let’s learn how to say “not as good as / it would be better to” in Chinese.

不如 （bù rú)

Hello，大家好，我是Janine。
Hello, dàjiā hǎo, wǒ shì Janine.Hello everyone, I’m Janine.

昨天我下班的时候，本来想去超市买菜，Zuótiān wǒ xiàbān de shíhou, běnlái xiǎng qù chāoshì mǎi cài,Yesterday after work, I was planning to go grocery shopping,

可是一想到超市那么多人，kě shì yī xiǎng dào chāoshì nàme duō rén,but when I thought about how crowded it would be,

我就觉得，算了，今天不如点外卖吧。wǒ jiù juéde, suàn le, jīntiān bù rú diǎn wàimài ba.I thought, “Forget it — it would be better to order takeout today.”

结果外卖送来时，还挺香的！Jiéguǒ wàimài sòng lái shí, hái tǐng xiāng de!And when the food arrived, it actually smelled really good!