语法
要不是 + X (+的话), "if not for X..." in the subjunctive (X did happen)
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Expressing_%22if_it_were_not_for%22_with_%22yaobushi%22
词汇
卖, sell; 外卖, takeout/delivery 卖 mài, sell; 外卖 wàimài, takeout/delivery
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-2-word-list/
Guardian:
要不是担心你,谁愿意来这种鬼地方, if it hadn't been for worrying about you, who would be willing to come to a place like this?
要不是今天早上他顺口说了一句,我还以为这小子行大运了被您调到特调出了, if he hadn't happened to say something this morning, I would still think the boy had been assigned to the SID by you
卖水果还真是屈了才了, selling fruit was really a waste of his talents
Me:
要不是你帮我的话,做这个作业花了三倍的时间。
我今天累了啊,别去在外面吃饭而吃外卖吧。
要不是 + X (+的话), "if not for X..." in the subjunctive (X did happen)
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Expressing_%22if_it_were_not_for%22_with_%22yaobushi%22
词汇
卖, sell; 外卖, takeout/delivery 卖 mài, sell; 外卖 wàimài, takeout/delivery
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-2-word-list/
Guardian:
要不是担心你,谁愿意来这种鬼地方, if it hadn't been for worrying about you, who would be willing to come to a place like this?
要不是今天早上他顺口说了一句,我还以为这小子行大运了被您调到特调出了, if he hadn't happened to say something this morning, I would still think the boy had been assigned to the SID by you
卖水果还真是屈了才了, selling fruit was really a waste of his talents
Me:
要不是你帮我的话,做这个作业花了三倍的时间。
我今天累了啊,别去在外面吃饭而吃外卖吧。
no subject
Date: 2023-08-13 07:15 pm (UTC)要不是亲眼所⻅,岳定唐还可能真以为他一丁点事都没有。 [岳定唐 is one of the main characters]
Lost Tomb Reboot, season 2, episode 30, in one of the cutest scenes ever:
外卖小哥 (the way Pangzi says it ♥)
Unsurprisingly, there is a lot of 卖 in Lost Tomb Reboot. Season 1, episode 24:
那我就两万块钱卖给你
no subject
Date: 2023-08-13 11:46 pm (UTC)Excellent example!
外卖小哥
awww :)