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- <p>To describe a situation as being one of only two possibilities, you can use the structure: "不是⋯⋯就是⋯⋯" (búshi...jiùshì...)</p>
- <h2 id="structure">Structure</h2>
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- <p>不是 + A，就是 + B</p>
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- <p>This is like saying "if it's not A, then it's B" in English. A and B can be verbs, adjectives or nouns.</p>
- <h2 id="examples">Examples</h2>
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- <ul>
- <li>他 整天 <em>不 是</em> 打游戏 <em>就 是</em> 睡觉。<span class="trans">All day, if he's not playing games, he's sleeping.</span></li>
- <li>他们 约会 <em>不是</em> 去 咖啡馆 <em>就是</em> 去 电影院。<span class="trans">When they go on dates, if it's not to a coffee shop, then it's to the movie theater.</span></li>
- <li>我 买 的 衣服 <em>不是</em> 大 <em>就是</em> 小，都 不 能 穿。<span class="trans">The clothes that I bought are either too big or too small, I can't wear any of them.</span></li>
- <li>她 穿 的 衣服 <em>不是</em> LV <em>就是</em> Gucci！<span class="trans">If the clothes that she wears aren't Louis Vuitton, then they're Gucci!</span></li>
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- <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>
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- <li><a href=""Not…_but_rather…"_with_"er_shi"" title="wikilink">"Not… but rather…" with "er shi"</a></li>
- <li><a href="Expressing_"either_..._or_..."_with_"yaome"" title="wikilink">Expressing "either ... or ..." with "yaome"</a></li>
- <li><a href="Providing_two_options_with_double_"huozhe"" title="wikilink">Providing two options with double "huozhe"</a></li>
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- <h2 id="sources-and-further-reading">Sources and further reading</h2>
- <h3 id="books">Books</h3>
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- <li><a href="New_Practical_Chinese_Reader_4_(新实用汉语课本4)" title="wikilink">New Practical Chinese Reader 4 (新实用汉语课本4)</a> (pp. 84) <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/7561913192/ref%3das_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=allset-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399369&creativeASIN=7561913192">→buy</a></li>
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- <p> </p>
- <p><a href="Category:B2_grammar_points" title="wikilink">Category:B2 grammar points</a></p>
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