OneDotDot Chinese Grammar · HSK 6 Grammar Point · HSK 6 除非除非 chúfēi… 才才 cái… 除非除非 chúfēi still sets up the one exception, but instead of warning what happens if it doesn’t come true, 才才 cái marks the result as something that only becomes possible once that exception is met — this is the “Only…
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Unless in Chinese
OneDotDot Chinese Grammar · HSK 6 Grammar Point · HSK 6 除非除非 chúfēi…否則否则 fǒuzé… 除非除非 chúfēi sets up the one exception that changes everything, then 否則否则 fǒuzé, 不然不然 bùrán, or 要不然要不然 yàobùrán delivers the consequence if that exception doesn’t happen — together they build the Chinese “unless A, otherwise B” structure. Unlike English, where “otherwise”…