Difference between revisions of "Expressing "unless" with "chufei""
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− | 除非 can be used as a conjunction, and means "unless". 否则 often appears in the following phrase, to form a construction meaning "unless X, otherwise Y". | + | 除非 (chúfēi) can be used as a conjunction, and means "unless". 否则 often appears in the following phrase, to form a construction meaning "unless X, otherwise Y". |
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除非 (chúfēi) can be used as a conjunction, and means "unless". 否则 often appears in the following phrase, to form a construction meaning "unless X, otherwise Y".
For example:
- 除非 理由 很 充分,否则 公司 不 让 员工 请假。
- 除非 希腊 债务 问题 得以 解决,否则 欧洲 的 经济 无法 恢复 正常。
- 除非 老师 让 我 写 作文,否则 我 不 会 用 手 写 字。
除非 can also be used as a preposition, meaning "other than", and is similar to the construction 除了...以外.
- 你 千万 别 告诉 任何 人,除非 你 和 我,别 人 都 不 知道。