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Chinese
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important; vital; to want important; vital; to want; to be going to; must; demand; ask; request; coerce
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not; no
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be; yes; this
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trad. (要不是)
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simp. #(要不是)
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Pronunciation
Conjunction
要不是
- were it not for; if not for
要不是您收留我,我還能上哪兒去呀? [MSC, trad.]
要不是您收留我,我还能上哪儿去呀? [MSC, simp.]- Yàobùshì nín shōuliú wǒ, wǒ hái néng shàng nǎr qù ya?
- If you hadn't have taken me in, where could I have gone?
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