Examples

其实不然。

Actually this is not so. → 不然

不然，事情没有那样简单。

No, it's not as simple as that. → 不然

我得早点去，不然就赶不上火车了。

I've got to leave a bit early, otherwise I'll miss the train. → 不然

这孩子老得大人敲打着点，不然就不好好做功课。

The boy needs constant prodding from his parents, otherwise he won't get his homework done. → 敲打

愚以为不然。

I beg to differ. → 愚

今则不然。

However, things are quite different today. → 则

多亏抢救及时， 要不然你早就吹灯了。

You should thank the timely rescue; without it you would already be dead. → 殁

他总是不得时， 要不然肯定能成企业家。

He is always unlucky, if not he would have become an entrepreneur now. → 得时

画水平线时必须用直尺， 不然你怎么能保证它是水平的呢？

You need a ruler to draw horizontal lines, or how can you make sure that they are horizontal? → 水平线

幸巧碰到你， 要不然我真不知道该怎么办。

Fortunately I met you, otherwise I wouldn't know what to do. → 幸巧

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