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  <p>To describe a situation as being one of only two possibilities, you can use the structure: "<span class="hanzi">不是⋯⋯就是⋯⋯</span>" (<span class="pinyin">búshi...jiùshì...</span>)</p>

  <h2 id="structure">Structure</h2>

  <div class="jiegou"><div class="deux"><span style="color: rgb(255, 127, 80); font-family: NotoSansCJKsc; font-size: 30px;">不是</span>&#160;+ A，<span class="hanzist">就是</span>&#160;+ B</div>
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  <p>This is like saying "<b>if it's not A, then it's B</b>" in English. A and B can be verbs, adjectives or nouns.</p>

  <h2 id="examples">Examples</h2>

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      <li><span class="hanzi">他 整天 不 是 打游戏 就 是 睡觉。</span>&#160;<span class="trans">All day, if he's not playing games, he's sleeping.</span></li>

      <li><span class="hanzi">他们 约会 不是 去 咖啡馆 就是 去 电影院。</span>&#160;<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><span class="hanzi">我 买 的 衣服 不是 大 就是 小，都 不 能 穿。</span>&#160;<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><span class="hanzi">她 穿 的 衣服 不是 LV 就是 Gucci！</span>&#160;<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="&quot;Not%E2%80%A6_but_rather%E2%80%A6&quot;_with_&quot;er_shi&quot;" title="wikilink">"Not… but rather…" with "er shi"</a></li>

    <li><a href="Expressing_&quot;either_..._or_...&quot;_with_&quot;yaome&quot;" title="wikilink">Expressing "either ... or ..." with "yaome"</a></li>

    <li><a href="Providing_two_options_with_double_&quot;huozhe&quot;" 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>New Practical Chinese Reader 4 (<span class="hanzi">新实用汉语课本4</span>) (pp. 84) &gt;</li>
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