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否则

fǒu zé · fou ze

Traditional 否則

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除(chú)非(fēi)是(shì)你(nǐ)做(zuò)饭(fàn)，否(fǒu)则(zé)我(wǒ)是(shì)不(bú)会(huì)吃(chī)的(de)。

I won't eat it unless you cooked it.

除(chú)非(fēi)你(nǐ)去(qù)做(zuò)，否(fǒu)则(zé)你(nǐ)永(yǒng)远(yuǎn)不(bù)知(zhī)道(dào)。

You'll never know unless you try.

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to negate; to deny

(literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but; then; (bound form) standard; norm

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