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Revision as of 13:11, 28 October 2011

To describe a situation as being one of only two possibilities, you can use this structure:

不是 + A, 就是 + B

This is like saying "if it's not A, then it's B" in English. A and B can be verbs, adjectives or nouns.

Some examples:

  • 不是 成功就是 失败
  • 不是 对的就是 错误
  • 不是 优点就是 缺点