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45.5
如果不是你帮助他的话，他是不会成功的。
如果不是你幫助他的話，他是不會成功的。
Rúguǒ bù shì nǐ bāngzhù tā de huà, tā shì bù huì chénggōng de.
If you hadn’t helped him, he wouldn’t have succeeded.
45.2 ‘even if’
就是 jiùshì situation, (subject) 也/ yě [prepositional phrase +] verb phrase
就是 jiùshì situation, (subject) 还/還 hái [prepositional phrase +] verb phrase
Even if (situation), (subject) still ([prepositional phrase +] verb phrase)
就是你去我也不去。
Jiùshì nǐ qù wǒ yě bù qù.
Even if you go, I still won’t go.
那本字典特别好。就是很贵我还要买。
那本字典特別好。就是很貴我還要買。
Nà běn zìdiǎn tèbié hǎo. Jiùshì hěn guì wǒ hái yào mǎi.
That dictionary is particularly good. Even if it is expensive, I still want to buy it.
我爱她。就是她不爱我我还爱她。
我愛她。就是她不愛我我還愛她。
Wǒ ài tā. Jiùshì tā bù ài wǒ wǒ hái ài tā.
I love her. Even if she doesn’t love me, I still love her.
45.3 ‘as long as’
Use 只要 zhǐyào to express this meaning:
只要我们一起努力合作，我们一定会成功。
只要我們一起努力合作，我們一定會成功。
Zhǐyào wǒmen yīqǐ nǔlì hézuò, wǒmen yīdìng huì chénggōng.
As long as we work hard together, we will definitely succeed.
45.4 ‘only if,’ ‘unless’
Use 除非 chúfēi to express this meaning.
除非你是百万富翁，要不然你最好别去看那边的房子。
除非你是百萬富翁，要不然你最好別去看那邊的房子。
Chúfēi nǐ shì bǎiwàn fùwēng, yàobùrán nǐ zuì hǎo bié qù kàn nàbian de fángzi.
Unless you are a millionaire, you’d best not go look at the houses over there.
除非多修几个水库，否则无法解决饮水的问题。
除非多修幾個水庫，否則無法解決飲水的問題。
Chúfēi duō xiū jǐ gè shuǐkù, fǒuzé wúfǎ jiějué yǐnshuǐ de wèntí.
Unless we build more reservoirs, there is no way to solve the drinking water problem.
45.5 ‘otherwise’
Use the following words to express this meaning. Notice that they occur before the subject of
the second clause or sentence.
