要不是因为你
“If not for you,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
不配活着
“don't deserve to live.”
要不是因为 你
“If not for you,”
“Nie Zhe would've long helped me wipe out the Six Sects.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In martial arts narratives, villains frequently direct bitter resentment at righteous protagonists whose interference ruined their ambitions to dominate the martial world.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
if it weren't for / were it not because of
A highly common grammatical structure used to introduce a counterfactual condition, frequently used when complaining or expressing regret.