要不然
yào bù rán
Pinyin

Definition

要不然
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yào bù rán
  1. otherwise
  2. or else
  3. 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

那就得看细节了，主动型的，如果对你有好感，那一定是“你在干嘛呀”轰炸；“早安、午安、晚安”各种请安，要不然如果是闷骚型的，就看他是不是总能秒回你的信息。
nā jiù děi kàn xìjié le ，zhǔdòng xíng de ，rúguǒ duì nǐ yǒu hǎogǎn ，nà yīdìng shì “nǐ zài gànmá ya ”hōngzhà ；“zǎoān 、wǔān 、wǎn ān ”gèzhǒng qǐng ān ，yàoburán rúguǒ shì mēnsāo xíng de ，jiù kàn tā shì bùshì zǒng néng miǎo huí nǐ de xìnxī 。
Then that depends on the details. More pro-active types, if they're interested in you, will definitely bombard you with "What are you up to?"; and the three goods, "good morning, good afternoon and good evening", otherwise, if they're "still waters run deep" type, then you should see if he replies to your messages within seconds.
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那是你自个儿的功劳，有心愿意配合，才能发生转变，要不然所谓的养生秘诀也不过就是一句废话而已哈。
nà shì nǐ zìgěr de gōngláo ，yǒu xīn yuànyì pèihé ，cáinéng fāshēng zhuǎnbiàn ，yàoburán suǒwèi de yǎngshēng mìjué yě bùguò jiùshì yī jù fèihuà éryǐ hā 。
That was your own hard work, that you were willing to go along with it. That's the only reason change happened. Otherwise, all the secrets to good health are just hot air, ha.
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这是当然！跟酒的贮存条件还有葡萄收成当年的气候、土壤等因素有关呀！所以应该挑最佳年份而不是最老年份，要不然喝到的可能是红酒醋而不是顶级红酒！
zhè shì dāngrán ！gēn jiǔ de zhùcún tiáojiàn háiyǒu pútao shōucheng dāngnián de qìhòu 、tǔrǎng děng yīnsù yǒuguān ya ！suǒyǐ yīnggāi tiāo zuìjiā niánfèn ér bu shì zuì lǎo niánfèn ，yàoburán hē dào de kěnéng shì hóngjiǔ cù ér bu shì dǐngjí hóngjiǔ ！
Of course! It's related to factors such as the conditions in which the wine is stored, the weather in the year the grapes were harvested and the soil! So you should choose the best year and not just the oldest wine, otherwise what you're drinking could be red wine vinegar and not top quality red wine!
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你是不知道，双11不知那天我必须得在家呆着，要不然得出大事儿。
nǐ shì bù zhīdào ，shuāngshíyī bùzhī nà tiān wǒ bìxū de zài jiā dāizhe ，yàoburán déchū dà shìr 。
You don't get it. I need to be at home on Singles Day, otherwise something awful is going to happen.
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在保护自己、打坏人的时候，要打蛇打七寸，要不然很危险的。
zài bǎohù zìjǐ 、dǎ huàirén de shíhou ，yào dǎshédǎqīcùn ，yàobùrán hěn wēixiǎn de 。
When you attack the bad guy to protect yourself, you need to hit where it hurts. Or it would be dangerous.
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在投资的时候，千万别贪心，要不然连房子都没了。
zài tóuzī de shíhou ，qiānwàn bié tānxīn ，yàobùrán lián fángzi dōu méi le 。
Don’t be greedy when it comes to investment, or you would even lose the house.
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我看时间也不早了，都酒过三巡了，要不然大家就杯中酒吧?
wǒ kàn shíjiān yě bù zǎo le ，dōu jiǔguòsānxún le ，yàobùrán dàjiā jiù bēizhōngjiǔ ba ?
It's getting pretty late, and we've all had a lot to drink. How about we just empty whatever is left in our glasses?
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要不然我们去吃街角的那家面店，冬天吃也很适合。
yàoburán wǒmen qù chī jiējiǎo de nà jiā miàn diàn ，dōngtiān chī yě hěn shìhé 。
How about we eat at that noodle shop on the corner. It's really suitable for the winter weather.
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今天一开盘是有点起色了。所以我说政府救股还是救得对，要不然怎么对得起我们这些大半辈子积蓄都投进去的小股民呢！
jīntiān yī kāi pán shì yǒudiǎnr qǐsè le 。suǒyǐ wǒ shuō zhèngfǔ jiù gǔ háishì jiù de duì ，yàoburán zěnme duìdeqǐ wǒmen zhèxiē dàbànbèizi jīxù dōu tóu jìnqù de xiǎo gǔmín ne ！
Things looked good when trading commenced. So I think the government were right to save the stock market, otherwise they would be letting down all the individual stock market investors who have invested half their live savings in it!
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有得晒就要偷笑了，很多大楼的屋顶都不给上去，要不然就是晒满了衣服、床单。
yǒudé shài jiùyào tōuxiào le ，hěn duō dàlóu de wūdǐng dōu bù gěi shàngqu ，yàoburán jiùshì shài mǎn le yīfu 、chuángdān 。
We should be happy we can sunbathe at all. You can't go out on a lot of the roofs of big buildings, or they are littered with clothes and sheets hanging out to air in the sun.
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