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要不是

yào bu shìㄧㄠˋ ㄅㄨ˙ ㄕˋ

Sino-Vietnamese: YẾU BẤT THỊ

Traditional: 要不是

HSK 3.0 · 5TOCFL 3

Meaning(conjunction)

if it were not for; but for

Introduces a counterfactual condition; the second clause often has 就 / 早就.

Examples

  • 要不是你帮忙，我今天肯定完不成。

    yào bú shì nǐ bāng máng, wǒ jīn tiān kěn dìng wán bù chéng.

    If it weren't for your help, I'd never have finished today.

  • 要不是下雨，我们早就到了。

    yào bú shì xià yǔ, wǒ men zǎo jiù dào le.

    If it hadn't rained, we'd have arrived long ago.

  • 要不是他提醒我，我就忘了。

    yào bú shì tā tí xǐng wǒ, wǒ jiù wàng le.

    If he hadn't reminded me, I'd have forgotten.

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Stroke order

YẾU · 9 strokes

(bound form) to demand; to coerce

BẤT · 4 strokes

no; not so; (bound form) not; un-

THỊ · 9 strokes

to be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true; (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well; (adverb for emphatic assertion)

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