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- Expressing the only two possibilities
- (Redirected from ASGEXR6R)
- Level B2
- Similar to
- Expressing "either... or..." with "yaome" (B1)
- Providing two options with double "huozhe" (B2)
- Used for
- Giving alternatives, Differentiating
- Keywords
- 就是, 不是, 不, 就, 是
- Translations
- either, or
- To describe a situation as being one of only two possibilities, you can use the structure: "不是⋯⋯就是⋯⋯" (búshi...jiùshì...)
- Contents
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- 1 Structure
- 2 Examples
- 3 See also
- 4 Sources and further reading
- 4.1 Books
- Structure
- 不是 + A，就是 + B
- This is like saying "if it's not A, then it's B" in English. A and B can be verbs, adjectives or nouns.
- Examples
- 他 整天 不 是 打游戏 就 是 睡觉。
- All day, if he's not playing games, he's sleeping.
- 他们 约会 不是 去 咖啡馆 就是 去 电影院。
- When they go on dates, if it's not to a coffee shop, then it's to the movie theater.
- 我 买 的 衣服 不是 大 就是 小，都 不 能 穿。
- The clothes that I bought are either too big or too small, I can't wear any of them.
- 她 穿 的 衣服 不是 LV 就是 Gucci！
- If the clothes that she wears aren't Louis Vuitton, then they're Gucci!
- See also
- "Not… but rather…" with "er shi"
- Expressing "either ... or ..." with "yaome"
- Providing two options with double "huozhe"
- Sources and further reading
- Books
- New Practical Chinese Reader 4 (新实用汉语课本4) (pp. 84) →buy
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