除非 chúfēi

chúfēi conjunction only if; only when; only in the case that
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words , Concept: Correlative 关联词
Notes: This conjunction is often used as a connecting word in the subordinate clause of subordinate complex sentences. It is often used in the pattern 除非…,才… to express that only if a certain condition is met will the result follow (CC-CEDICT '除非'; Guoyu '除非').

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若要人不知,除非己莫为

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  • Scroll 22 Śāriputrābhidharmaśāstra (Shelifu Apitan Lun) 舍利弗阿毘曇論 — count: 45
  • Scroll 21 Śāriputrābhidharmaśāstra (Shelifu Apitan Lun) 舍利弗阿毘曇論 — count: 32
  • Scroll 9 Śāriputrābhidharmaśāstra (Shelifu Apitan Lun) 舍利弗阿毘曇論 — count: 7
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  • Scroll 23 Notes on the Abhidharmakośabhāṣya 俱舍論記 — count: 5
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