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Grammar Pattern Profile · yao-bu-jiu-shi
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要不就是

📊 Corpus Indexed: 4 clips
Structure: [主语] + 要不就是 + [谓词/短语]
💡 Usage:

Core sentence pattern in modern spoken Mandarin.

Sentence Pattern
Derived Expressions: 📌 不就是 (4) → 📌 就是 (4) → 📌 要 (4) → 📌 要不 (4) → 📌 要不就 (4) → 📌 是 (3) →

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要不就是这两天降温
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要不就是 这两天降温

(你琢磨呗) ── Previous context

“Maybe it's the recent temperature drop?”

《冬去春来》 · 08:26 [家庭日常]
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要不就是她心机太深 藏得太好
00:02
要不就是 她心机太深 藏得太好

(跟康伟说的不一样啊) ── Previous context

“Either she's very scheming and hides it well,”

《你好1983》 · 18:18 [社交聚会]
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要不就是春杏 秋菊
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要不就是 春杏 秋菊

(不就是小桃 小红) ── Previous context

“or Chunxing, Qiuju?”

《佳偶天成》 · 21:56 [其他场景]
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要不就是他怕惹麻烦
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要不就是 他怕惹麻烦

(那老板没有提供你说这个线索 那可能是他忘了) ── Previous context

“Or maybe he didn't want trouble.”

《除恶》 · 21:46
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