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Expressing good luck with "haihao"
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Level
[B1](https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/B1_grammar_points)
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Similar to
- [Expressing "thanks to" with
"duokui"](https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Expressing_%22thanks_to%22_with_%22duokui%22) (B2)
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Used for
Keywords
[还好](https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/%E8%BF%98%E5%A5%BD),
[不然](https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/%E4%B8%8D%E7%84%B6)
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Translations
[luckily](https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Luckily),
[thanks
to](https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Thanks_to)
Contents
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- [1
Structure](#Structure "wikilink")
- [2
Examples](#Examples "wikilink")
- [3 See
also](#See_also "wikilink")
- [4 Sources and
further reading](#Sources_and_further_reading "wikilink")
- [4.1
Books](#Books "wikilink")
还好 + \[Lucky Incident\] ，不然 + \[Bad Outcome\]
Examples
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- *还好* 我们 打车 来 的 ，**不然** 就 迟到 了
。*Háihǎo* wǒmen dǎchē lái de, **bùrán** jiù
chídào le.Luckily, we came by taxi.
Otherwise we would have been late.
- *还好* 我 妈 没 看到 ，**不然** 她 肯定 要 生气
。*Háihǎo* wǒ mā méi kàndào, **bùrán** tā
kěndìng yào shēngqì.It's a good thing
that my mother didn't see it. Otherwise she would definitely be
mad.
- *还好* 有 你 在 ，**不然** 我 真 不 知道 怎么办
。*Háihǎo* yǒu nǐ zài, **bùrán** wǒ zhēn bù
zhīdào zěnme bàn.Fortunately you're here.
Otherwise I really don't know what to do.
- *还好* 带 伞 了 ，**不然** 肯定 淋湿 了
。*Háihǎo* dài sǎn le, **bùrán** kěndìng línshī
le.It's a good thing I brought
the umbrella. Otherwise, I would have definitely gotten
soaked.
- *还好* 我们 买 了 很多 ，**不然** 肯定 不够 。
*Háihǎo* wǒmen mǎi le hěn duō, **bùrán**
kěndìng bù gòu.Luckily, we bought a lot.
Otherwise it wouldn't be enough.
- *还好* 我 没 听 他 的 话，**不然** 就 输 了
。*Hái hǎo* wǒ méi tīng tā de huà, **bùrán**
jiù shū le.It's a good thing I didn't
listen to him. Otherwise I would have lost the game.
- *还好* 我 保存 了，**不然** 文件 都 丢 了
。*Háihǎo* wǒ bǎocún le, **bùrán** wénjiàn dōu
diū le.Luckily I saved it. Otherwise I
would have lost all of the documents.
- *还好* 我 没 点 那么 多 菜 ，**不然** 都 浪费 了
。*Háihǎo* wǒ méi diǎn nàme duō cài, **bùrán**
dōu làngfèi le.Luckily I didn't order
that much food. Otherwise it would be all wasted.
- *还好* 老板 不 知道 ，**不然** 你 肯定 被 炒 鱿鱼
。*Háihǎo* lǎobǎn bù zhīdào, **bùrán** nǐ
kěndìng bèi chǎo yóuyú.Luckily the boss
doesn't know about it. Otherwise you will definitely get
fired.
- *还好* 你 提醒 我 了 ，**不然** 我 肯定 忘
了。*Háihǎo* nǐ tíxǐng wǒ le, **bùrán** wǒ
kěndìng wàng le.Luckily, you reminded me.
Otherwise I would have definitely forgotten.
See also
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- [Expressing "thanks to" with
"duokui"](https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Expressing_%22thanks_to%22_with_%22duokui%22)
- [Expressing "how about" with
"yaobu"](https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Expressing_%22how_about%22_with_%22yaobu%22)
Sources and further reading
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