Dictionary/要不是

要不是

yào bu shì

ㄧㄠˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄕˋ
ConjHSK 7-9TOCFL L3core 10k
1if it were not for
2but for

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要不是

Example

yào bu shì要不是dāng chū当初yǒu有nèi zhàn内战，tā men他们xiàn zài现在yīng gāi应该tǐng挺fù yù富裕liǎo了。
要不是当初有内战，他们现在应该挺富裕了。
If it had not been for civil war, they would be wealthy now.