要不是 (yàobúshì) — if it were not for, had it not been that

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TSUMUGU · TOCFL B1 (est.) · 詞

要不是 word · TOCFL B1 (est.)

要不是＝要＋不＋是

ㄧㄠˋ ㄅㄨˊ ㄕˋ · yàobúshì

conjunction — if it were not for, had it not been that

字源 FORM — what the parts do

要if, supposing (要是)yào

不not (不是)bú

是to be, the case (是非)shì

要不是，要是的要，不是的不是。