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  9. <p>To describe a situation as being one of only two possibilities,
  10. you can use the structure: "不是⋯⋯就是⋯⋯" (búshi...jiùshì...)</p>
  11. <h2 id="structure">Structure</h2>
  12. <div class="jiegou">
  13. <p>不是 + A,就是 + B</p>
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  15. <p>This is like saying "if it's not A, then it's B" in English. A
  16. and B can be verbs, adjectives or nouns.</p>
  17. <h2 id="examples">Examples</h2>
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  20. <li>他 整天 <em>不 是</em> 打游戏 <em>就 是</em> 睡觉。<span class="trans">All
  21. day, if he's not playing games, he's sleeping.</span></li>
  22. <li>他们 约会 <em>不是</em> 去 咖啡馆 <em>就是</em> 去 电影院。<span class=
  23. "trans">When they go on dates, if it's not to a coffee shop, then
  24. it's to the movie theater.</span></li>
  25. <li>我 买 的 衣服 <em>不是</em> 大 <em>就是</em> 小,都 不 能 穿。<span class=
  26. "trans">The clothes that I bought are either too big or too small,
  27. I can't wear any of them.</span></li>
  28. <li>她 穿 的 衣服 <em>不是</em> LV <em>就是</em> Gucci!<span class=
  29. "trans">If the clothes that she wears aren't Louis Vuitton, then
  30. they're Gucci!</span></li>
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  33. <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>
  34. <ul>
  35. <li><a href=
  36. "&quot;Not%E2%80%A6_but_rather%E2%80%A6&quot;_with_&quot;er_shi&quot;"
  37. title="wikilink">"Not… but rather…" with "er shi"</a></li>
  38. <li><a href=
  39. "Expressing_&quot;either_..._or_...&quot;_with_&quot;yaome&quot;"
  40. title="wikilink">Expressing "either ... or ..." with
  41. "yaome"</a></li>
  42. <li><a href="Providing_two_options_with_double_&quot;huozhe&quot;"
  43. title="wikilink">Providing two options with double
  44. "huozhe"</a></li>
  45. </ul>
  46. <h2 id="sources-and-further-reading">Sources and further
  47. reading</h2>
  48. <h3 id="books">Books</h3>
  49. <ul>
  50. <li><a href=
  51. "New_Practical_Chinese_Reader_4_(%E6%96%B0%E5%AE%9E%E7%94%A8%E6%B1%89%E8%AF%AD%E8%AF%BE%E6%9C%AC4)"
  52. title="wikilink">New Practical Chinese Reader 4 (新实用汉语课本4)</a> (pp.
  53. 84) <a href=
  54. "http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/7561913192/ref%3das_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=allset-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=217145&amp;creative=399369&amp;creativeASIN=7561913192">
  55. →buy</a></li>
  56. </ul>
  57. <p><a href="Category:B2_grammar_points" title=
  58. "wikilink">Category:B2 grammar points</a></p>
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