He would rather go the long way round than sit on the bridge at rush hour.
Tips
usage
The erhua form of 绕远 and the one actually said in Beijing and the northeast; printed notices keep the bare 绕远. Either way it complains that the extra distance was avoidable, a flavor the neutral 绕路 does not carry.
mistakes
The 儿 is not a separate syllable. The word is said in two beats, ràoyuǎnr, with the tongue curling up at the end of the second; reading it as ràoyuǎn ér is the usual sign the word was met on paper first.
