汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 要不 hsk 5
要不
otherwise / or else / how about...? / either... (or...)
否则 不然 要不然
犹否则。
要 yào/yāo 不 bù/bú
COMMON WORDS WITH 要不
要不是
yào bu shì
if it were not for / but for
要不然
yào bù rán
otherwise / or else / or
要不了
yào bù le
Want to
要不得
yào bu de
intolerable / unacceptable
若要人不知
ruò yào rén bù zhī
If people don't know
要言不烦 ( 要言不煩 )
yào yán bù fán
to explain in simple terms / succinct / concise
( 要言不煩 )
要死不活
yào sǐ bù huó
half dead / more dead than alive
又要马儿好，又要马儿不吃草 ( 又要馬兒好，又要馬兒不吃草 )
yòu yào mǎ r hǎo , yòu yào mǎ r bù chī cǎo
see 又要馬兒跑，又要馬兒不吃草|又要马儿跑，又要马儿不吃草[you4 yao4 ma3 r5 pao3 , you4 yao4 ma3 r5 bu4 chi1 cao3]
( 又要馬兒好，又要馬兒不吃草 )
又要马儿跑，又要马儿不吃草 ( 又要馬兒跑，又要馬兒不吃草 )
yòu yào mǎ r pǎo , yòu yào mǎ r bù chī cǎo
lit. you can't expect the horse to run fast but not let it graze (idiom) / fig. you can't have your cake and eat it, too
( 又要馬兒跑，又要馬兒不吃草 )
刀不磨要生锈，人不学要落后 ( 刀不磨要生銹，人不學要落後 )
dāo bù mó yào shēng xiù , rén bù xué yào luò hòu
a blade will get rusty if it is not sharpened; a man will fall behind if he doesn't study (idiom)
( 刀不磨要生銹，人不學要落後 )
若要人不知，除非己莫为 ( 若要人不知，除非己莫為 )
ruò yào rén bù zhī , chú fēi jǐ mò wéi
If you don't want anyone to know, don't do it (idiom). fig. If you do something bad, people will inevitably hear about it.
( 若要人不知，除非己莫為 )
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