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要不是

yàobúshì

if it were not for

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Meaning of 要不是 in English

yàobúshìHSK 5conjunctionSyllabus #3339
  1. if it were not for
  2. but for

Example sentences

  1. 要不是当初有内战，他们现在应该挺富裕了。
    yào bú shì dāng chū yǒu nèi zhàn， tā men xiàn zài yīng gāi tǐng fù yù le。
    If it had not been for civil war, they would be wealthy now.
    Tatoeba #4459718 by yuiyu · #280775 by CM · CC BY 2.0 FR

Sentence pinyin is generated automatically and may contain errors.

Characters

要 on its own →
yào · to want; to need; to ask for

HSK words with 要

要HSK 1不要HSK 1快要HSK 2需要HSK 3要求HSK 3只要HSK 3重要HSK 3主要HSK 3将要HSK 4要是HSK 4
不 on its own →
bù · no; not so

HSK words with 不

不HSK 1不要HSK 1不客气HSK 1对不起HSK 1不错HSK 2不好意思HSK 2不但HSK 3不见HSK 3不用HSK 3不同HSK 3
是 on its own →
shì · to be (followed by substantives only)

HSK words with 是

是HSK 1但是HSK 2还是HSK 2可是HSK 3只是HSK 3总是HSK 3就是HSK 4老是HSK 4是否HSK 4要是HSK 4

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