要不是
yào bu shì
Meaning
- if it were not for
- but for
Example sentences
要不是你提醒我，无论如何也想不起来。
要不是你提醒我，無論如何也想不起來。
yào bú shì nǐ tí xǐng wǒ， wú lùn rú hé yě xiǎng bù qǐ lái。
If you hadn't reminded me, I would never have remembered.
要不是当初有内战，他们现在应该挺富裕了。
要不是當初有內戰，他們現在應該挺富裕了。
yào bú shì dāng chū yǒu nèi zhàn， tā men xiàn zài yīng gāi tǐng fù yù le。
If it weren't for the civil war, they would probably be quite wealthy now.
要不是他这么磨磨蹭蹭，现在早做完了。
要不是他這麼磨磨蹭蹭，現在早做完了。
yào bú shì tā zhè me mó mó cèng cèng， xiàn zài zǎo zuò wán le。
If he hadn't been so slow and dawdling, he would have finished by now.