非……不可

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Chinese

(be) not; wrong; blame
(be) not; wrong; blame; Africa
 
cannot; should not; must not
trad. (非……不可) …… 不可
simp. #(非……不可) …… 不可

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Idiom

非……不可

  1. Indicates that something is bound to happen or something will certainly happen.
    今天下雨不可
    Jīntiān fēi xiàyǔ bùkě.
    It will certainly rain today.
    工商界學界何以起來反對軍閥他們專制政體千年順民知道什麼民權忽然他們起來國家主人翁好像一個不會游水海洋波濤之中游泳淹死不可
    工商界学界何以起来反对军阀他们专制政体千年顺民知道什么民权忽然他们起来国家主人翁好像一个不会游水海洋波涛之中游泳淹死不可
    Gōngshāngjiè jí xuéjiè de rén héyǐ bù qǐlái fǎnduì jūnfá ne? Tāmen zài zhuānzhìzhèngtǐ xià zuò le jǐ qiānnián de shùnmín, bù zhīdào shénme shì mínquán, hūrán yào tāmen qǐlái zuò guójiā de zhǔrénwēng, hǎoxiàng yīge bùhuì yóushuǐ de rén, yào zài hǎiyáng de dà bōtāo zhīzhōng qù yóuyǒng, shì fēi yānsǐ bùkě.
    Why didn’t the industrial, commercial, and academic circles rise up to oppose the warlords? Under millenniums of autocratic rule, they were long used to being docile subjects, utterly ignorant of the concept of civil rights. Suddenly expecting them to take charge as masters of their nation would be akin to throwing a nonswimmer into tempestuous waters—drowning would be inevitable.
    • 1938, T. F. Tsiang, chapter 4, in 中國近代史 , page 121:
  2. Indicates that it is obligatory for someone to do something; have to, must
    今天奶奶生辰所以不可
    今天奶奶生辰所以不可
    Jīntiān shì nǐ nǎinai de shēngchén, suǒyǐ nǐ fēi lái bùkě.
    It's your grandma's birthday today, so you've got to attend.

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