要不然
yàobùrán
conjunctionHSK 6
“Otherwise” in Chinese is 要不然 (yàobùrán).
Meaning
- otherwise
- or else
- or
Example
我对这个政府的印象是，他们需要强一点儿的经济政策，要不然将来会遇到很大的问题。
My impression of this government is that they need a more forceful economic policy, otherwise they'll encounter large problems in the future.
Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).
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