除非……否则……

chúfēi... fǒuzé...

unless... otherwise... (除非……否则……)

除非 A，否则 B means “unless A, otherwise B.” A is the exception to the normal result B.

Leitbeispiel

除非天气特别差，否则比赛会照常进行。

Chúfēi tiānqì tèbié chà, fǒuzé bǐsài huì zhàocháng jìnxíng.

Unless the weather is extremely bad, the match will go on as usual.

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Lektion im Überblick

Read the sample sentence and notice how 除非……否则…… works in the frame: 除非 A，否则 B.

Erklärung

除非 introduces the condition that can change the result. 否则 introduces what will happen if that exception is not met. This pattern is common in rules, warnings, and requirements. Do not use 所以 after 除非. Compared with 如果不..., 除非...否则... sounds more formal and highlights the exception more strongly.

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Grammatikmuster

除非 A，否则 B

sets the only exception; otherwise B will happen

除非天气特别差，否则比赛会照常进行。

Chúfēi tiānqì tèbié chà, fǒuzé bǐsài huì zhàocháng jìnxíng.

Unless the weather is extremely bad, the match will go on as usual.

Typische Fehler

Using 所以 instead of 否则: 除非下雨，所以比赛继续。Use 否则 for “otherwise”: 除非下雨，否则比赛继续。
Forgetting that A is the exception.B is what happens when A is not true.

Hinweise zur Verwendung

Common in rules: 除非..., 否则不能....
否则 may be replaced by 不然 in spoken Chinese.
A is usually a special condition or exception.

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