要不
yào bù
Pinyin

Definition

要不
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yào bù
  1. otherwise
  2. or else
  3. how about...?
  4. either... (or...)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

不
bù
  1. 1 (negative prefix)
  2. 2 not
  3. 3 no
要
yāo
  1. 1 to demand
  2. 2 to request
  3. 3 to coerce
不久
bù jiǔ
  1. 1 not long (after)
  2. 2 before too long
  3. 3 soon
  4. 4 soon after
不但
bù dàn
  1. 1 not only (... but also...)
不仅
bù jǐn
  1. 1 not only (this one)
  2. 2 not just (...) but also

Idioms (20)

一不做，二不休
yī bù zuò , èr bù xiū
  1. 1 don't do it, or don't rest (idiom); either give up, or go through to the end
  2. 2 Since we started, we must carry it through whatever happens.
  3. 3 in for a penny, in for a pound
一问三不知
yī wèn sān bù zhī
  1. 1 lit. to reply "don't know" whatever the question (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. absolutely no idea of what's going on
  3. 3 complete ignorance
一尘不染
yī chén bù rǎn
  1. 1 untainted by even a speck of dust (idiom); selfless and incorruptible
  2. 2 spotless
一字不提
yī zì bù tí
  1. 1 to not mention a single word (about sth) (idiom)
一山不容二虎
yī shān bù róng èr hǔ
  1. 1 lit. the mountain can't have two tigers (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. this town ain't big enough for the two of us
  3. 3 (of two rivals) to be fiercely competitive

Sample Sentences

这是我们的产品资料，您要不要看一看？
zhè shì wǒmen de chǎnpǐn zīliào ，nín yàobùyào kànyīkàn ？
These are our product materials, would you like to take a look?
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要不这样，择日不如撞日，我们今晚吃顿饭吧，我现在就去接您。
yàobù zhèyàng ，zérìbùrúzhuàngrì ，wǒmen jīnwǎn chī dùn fàn ba ，wǒ xiànzài jiù qù jiē nín 。
What about this? There's no better day than today, let's have dinner this evening. I'll go pick you up right now.
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隔了几日，乐广听闻这位友人病倒的消息，特别登门探望他。在问到病因的时候，友人便将当日饮酒时的情况一五一十地告知了乐广。乐广一听也懵了，回家的路上心想：“我家里哪来的小蛇呢？要是真有蛇的话也非得找出来，要不自己住得也提心吊胆的！”于是一回到家便展开了捕蛇行动。
gé le jǐ rì ，YuèGuǎng tīngwén zhèwèi yǒurén bìngdǎo de xiāoxi ，tèbié dēngmén tànwàng tā 。zài wèn dào bìngyīn de shíhou ，yǒurén biàn jiāng dāngrì yǐnjiǔ shí de qíngkuàng yīwǔyīshí de gàozhī le YuèGuǎng 。YuèGuǎng yī tīng yě mēng le ，huíjiā de lùshang xīnxiǎng ：“wǒ jiālǐ nǎ lái de xiǎo shé ne ？yàoshi zhēn yǒu shé dehuà yě fēiděi zhǎo chūlái ，yàobù zìjǐ zhù de yě tíxīndiàodǎn de ！”yúshì yī huídào jiā biàn zhǎnkāi le bǔ shé xíngdòng 。
A few days later, after Yue Guang heard the news that his friend fell ill, he paid a special visit to his place. When asked about the cause, his friend told him exactly what happened on the day when they were drinking. Yue Guang is so confused when hearing this, and started to think while returning back home. "Where did the little snake come from? If there really is a snake, I have to find it, or else I will be in fear of living there. " So as soon as he got home, he started the snake catching operation.
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要不是因为工作，我也不想去确诊人数这么多的地方。
yàobushì yīnwèi gōngzuò ，wǒ yě bùxiǎng qù quèzhěn rénshù zhème duō de dìfang 。
If it weren't for work, I wouldn't want to go to a place with so many confirmed cases either.
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