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要不是
yào bu shìyao4 bu5 shi4
HSK 3.0 · 7freq #14,653c
释义Meanings
  1. 1.if it were not for
  2. 2.but for
汉字Characters
yào
essential, necessary; to ask for; to coerce; to demand
radical: 覀
decomp: ⿱覀女
bù
no, not, un-; negative prefix
radical: 一
decomp: ⿱一？
shì
to be; indeed, right, yes; okay
radical: 日
decomp: ⿱日疋
例句Examples
  • 要不是当初有内战，他们现在应该挺富裕了。
    yàobushì dāngchū yǒu nèizhàn ， tāmen xiànzài yīnggāi tǐng fùyù le 。
    If it had had a civil war, they should now be quite affluent.
    HSK ≤ 7