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要不然 (yào bù rán) – otherwise

yào bù rán

otherwise

HSK 3.0 Level 60 example sentences

Definitions

  1. 1otherwise
  2. 2or else
  3. 3or

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Related words

不

bù

no

要

yāo

(bound form) to demand

当然

dāng rán

only natural

然后

rán hòu

then

虽然

suī rán

although

突然

tū rán

sudden

需要

xū yào

to need

要求

yāo qiú

to request

重要

zhòng yào

important

主要

zhǔ yào

main

不但

bù dàn

not only (... but also ...)

不管

bù guǎn

not to be concerned

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