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yàobúshì

要不是yàobúshìyàobúshì
if it weren't for
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Usages of yàobúshì

要不是yàobúshì　她tā　出门chūmén　前qián　又yòu　看kàn　了le　一下yíxià　门mén　有没有yǒuméiyǒu　锁suǒ　好hǎo，　我wǒ　可能kěnéng　现在xiànzài　还hái　在zài　担心dānxīn。yàobúshì tā chūmén qián yòu kàn le yíxià mén yǒuméiyǒu suǒ hǎo, wǒ kěnéng xiànzài hái zài dānxīn.
If it weren’t for her checking again before going out whether the door was locked, I’d probably still be worried now.
要不是yàobúshì　合同hétong　写xiě　得de　很hěn　清楚qīngchu，　我wǒ　还hái　真zhēn　不bù　放心fàngxīn　马上mǎshàng　把bǎ　押金yājīn　给gěi　她tā。yàobúshì hétong xiě de hěn qīngchu, wǒ hái zhēn bù fàngxīn mǎshàng bǎ yājīn gěi tā.
If the contract hadn’t been written so clearly, I really wouldn’t have felt comfortable giving her the deposit right away.
要不是yàobúshì　这里zhèli　的de　信号xìnhào　不bú　太tài　好hǎo，　我wǒ　也yě　不会búhuì　一会儿yíhuìr　关机guānjī，　一会儿yíhuìr　又yòu　开机kāijī。yàobúshì zhèli de xìnhào bú tài hǎo, wǒ yě búhuì yíhuìr guānjī, yíhuìr yòu kāijī.
If it weren’t for the signal being so bad here, I wouldn’t be turning the phone off and on again and again.
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