要不是

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HSK 5连词1333/1570

释义

要不是

if not for

例句

  • yàoshì 

    If not for you.

  • yàoshìshíbāngmáng jīntiānkěndìngyàochídàole 

    If it weren't for your timely help, I would surely have been late today.

用法

but for (要+不是).