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What does this Japanese sentence mean?

叶わない恋して泣くより
I understand it all separately, but what does より mean in this context?

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    Without the rest of the sentence, I can't say; you need to give context!
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    叶わない恋して泣くよりxxxしたほうがいいよ｡
    (You might as well xxx) as love someone to whom you are no match and and cry in vain.

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    The より is the case particle. Here it's like "rather than~~" / "(would rather do something) than~~".
    I'd rather do A than B = BよりAするほうがいい
    It can be rephrased as よりも.
    See meaning #3 in http://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/leaf/je2/786…
    or meaning #2 in http://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/leaf/jn2/228…

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