preferably; one would prefer to...(or not to...); would rather; (would) be better to; (to pick) the lesser of two evils[cedict]
把
bǎㄅㄚˇ
bàㄅㄚˋ
to hold; to contain; to grasp; to take hold of; a handle; particle marking the following noun as a direct object; classifier for objects with handle[cedict]
handle[cedict]
自己
zì jǐㄗˋ ㄐㄧˇ
self; (reflexive pronoun); own[cedict]
釘
dīngㄉㄧㄥ
nail[cedict]
在
zàiㄗㄞˋ
(located) at; (to be) in; to exist; in the middle of doing sth; (indicating an action in progress)[cedict]
籬笆
lí baㄌㄧˊ ㄅㄚ˙
fence (esp. of bamboo or wood railings)[cedict]
上
shàngㄕㄤˋ
on; on top; upon; first (of two parts); previous or last (week etc); upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; above; to go up; to attend (class or university); third tone of putonghua[cedict]
也
yěㄧㄝˇ
also; too; (in classical Chinese) final particle serving as copula[cedict]
不
bùㄅㄨˋ
(negative prefix); not; no[cedict]
想
xiǎngㄒㄧㄤˇ
to think; to believe; to suppose; to wish; to want; to miss[cedict]