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| − | 幸亏 or 幸好 mean "fortunately" or "luckily". They can be used to express that because something has happened you | + | 幸亏 or 幸好 mean "fortunately" or "luckily". They can be used to express that because something has happened by chance, that has enabled you to avoid some difficulty. It is often used together with 不然. |
== Structure with 幸亏== | == Structure with 幸亏== | ||
Revision as of 07:52, 23 October 2012
幸亏 or 幸好 mean "fortunately" or "luckily". They can be used to express that because something has happened by chance, that has enabled you to avoid some difficulty. It is often used together with 不然.
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Structure with 幸亏
幸亏/幸好 + accidental reasons
Examples
- 幸亏 我们 走 得 早。
- 幸亏 你 在，不然 我 不 知道 该 找 谁。
- 幸好 今天 带 伞 了，不然 要 淋湿 了。
Structure with 还好
还好 + [accidental reasons]
“还好” can also mean “fortunately”, but is more colloquial than 幸好, 幸亏 or 多亏.
Examples
- 还好 我 没 听 他的，不然 我 就 倒霉 了。
- 还好 我 保存 了，不然 文件 都 丢 了。
See also
Sources and further reading
Books
Dictionaries
- 现代汉语词典（第5版） (pp. 1527) →buy
