rú​guǒ​bù​shì

if it were not for

  • created sense approved 如果不是 · rú​guǒ​bù​shì · if it were not for — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    如果不是

    rú​guǒ​bù​shì

    if it were not for

    phrase used to introduce a hypothetical condition or counterfactual situation

    如果 (literal) → 如果 · rú​guǒ · if 不是 (literal) → 不是 · bù​shì · no

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense