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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

否则 [fǒuzé]
  1. 1. conjunction otherwise
    好好温习功课,否则考试通不过。
    Revise properly, otherwise you won't pass your exams.

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

否则 [fǒuzé]
  1. 1. otherwise; if not; or else
    快点走,否则要迟到了。
    Hurry up, or we'll be late.

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

否则 [fǒuzé]
  1. 1. 连接分句,表示前面的条件如果不能实现,就会出现后面所说的情况。有"不然""如不"等意思,常同"就"配合使用。也可以在后边加上助词"的话"
    7点前一定要出发,否则就赶不上了
    除非你亲自去请,否则的话,他不会来

Examples

除非你跟我去,否则我不去。
I won't go unless you go with me.
你还是忍耐一点吧,否则要吃亏的。
You'd better restrain yourself a little or you'll come to grief.
杯中之物不要多饮,否则既伤身体也容易误事。
Too much wine can do harm to one's health. What's more, it may also cause mistakes.
这台病机不能使用,否则会出危险。
This broken machine can not be used, otherwise danger could occur.
你不能这样吃独食,否则没人愿意和你合作了。
You should share the profit with others, otherwise no one will want to cooperate with you.
读古书时要辨识重文,否则就会影响我们对内容的理解。
While reading ancient books, we should be able to identify variant words, otherwise our understanding of the content will be affected.
瞅准机会就要主动出手,否则后悔晚矣。
Once you find your chance, you should take initiative or you will lose it.
你必须除去那些不合理的附加条件,否则我们不可能继续合作下去。
We must remove those unreasonable costs, or else we won't be able to continue operating.
处女海的开发一定要慎重,否则会危害到海洋生物。
We must be prudent about the exploitation of the virgin ocean or it would endanger the halo bios.

Collocations

否则的话
otherwise
否则
or else…
否则便
otherwise

Word Decomposition


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