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Grammar Pattern Profile · yao-bu-jiu
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要不...就...

📊 Corpus Indexed: 5 clips
Structure: [主语/条件] + 要不 + [动词/短语] + 就
💡 Usage:

Core sentence pattern in modern spoken Mandarin.

Sentence Pattern
Variations: 自我商量式 (3) 否定劝阻式 (2)
Derived Expressions: 📌 要 (5) → 📌 要不 (5) → 📌 不 (4) → 📌 别 (2) → 📌 一辈子 (1) → 📌 上 (1) →

[Variation: 自我商量式]

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要不还真的就被困在这一辈子了
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要不 还真的 就 被困在这一辈子了

(亏了没跟那两姐妹组队) ── Previous context

“Or we would be trapped here forever.”

《樊笼》 · 03:37 [其他场景]
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幸亏你们几个失温不久 要不这拉面就吃不上了
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幸亏你们几个失温不久 要不 这拉面 就 吃不上了

(韩哥 粗的 细的 老样子 粗的 好嘞) ── Previous context

“Luckily, your hypothermia wasn't severe. Otherwise, you wouldn't be eating this ramen.”

《生命树》 · 11:09 [餐饮美食]
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你要不喝 你就赶紧走
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你 要不 喝 你 就 赶紧走

(要么就陪我喝一杯) ── Previous context

“If you won't drink, then leave now.”

《突然的喜欢》 · 08:10
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[Variation: 否定劝阻式]

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你要不想过那就别过
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你 要不 想过那 就 别过

(破羊汤馆怎么就过不下去了) ── Previous context

“If you're done with us, then just say so.”

《开庭》 · 41:18 [其他场景]
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你要不行你就别给三十五万了
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你 要不 行你 就 别给三十五万了

(是不是没那么多钱) ── Previous context

“If you are incapable, just don't pay the 350,000 yuan.”

《开庭》 · 39:12 [商务沟通]
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