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除非

chú fēi
HSK 5
only if (..., or otherwise, ...)
conjunction

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Example Sentences

除非你完成作业，否则你不能出去玩。
chúfēi nǐ wánchéng zuòyè ， fǒuzé nǐ bùnéng chūqù wán 。
You can't go out to play unless you finish your homework.
除非下雨，我们会去爬山。
chúfēi xiàyǔ ， wǒmen huì qù páshān 。
We will go hiking unless it rains.
除非他提前通知我们，否则我们就去不了。
chúfēi tā tíqián tōngzhī wǒmen ， fǒuzé wǒmen jiùqù bùliǎo 。
We won't be able to go unless he informs us in advance.

Words Starting With 除

除了chú le
besides; apart from (... also...); in addition to; except (for)
除夕chú xī
(New Year's) Eve

Words Ending With 非

并非bìng fēi
really isn't
无非wú fēi
only; nothing else
是非shì fēi
right and wrong; quarrel

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Grammar Points

HSK 4
Expressing "unless" with "chufei"除非…不然除非…才+1

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Advanced HSK5 Terms
Vocabulary commonly seen in HSK5 practice, bridging mid-high level usage.
HSK 5
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除chú · to get rid of, to remove, to exclude
HSK 5
›非fēi · non-, not-, un-, abbr. for Africa 非洲
HSK 5
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