要不是
要不是
yào bu shì
if it were not for; but for
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Definitions
- if it were not for
- but for
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Related Words
三曹(Sān Cáo)· the Three Caos (Cao Cao 曹操 and his sons Cao Pi 曹丕 and Cao Zhi 曹植), who established the Wei or Cao Wei dynasty 曹魏, and were all three noted poets and calligraphers
→五代(Wǔ dài)· Five Dynasties, period of history between the fall of the Tang dynasty (907) and the founding of the Song dynasty (960), when five would-be dynasties were established in quick succession in North China
→五百年前是一家(wǔ bǎi nián qián shì yī jiā)· five hundred years ago we were the same family (idiom) (said of persons with the same surname)
→今朝有酒今朝醉(jīn zhāo yǒu jiǔ jīn zhāo zuì)· to live in the moment (idiom)
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