非……不可

Chinese

(be) not; wrong; blame
(be) not; wrong; blame; Africa
 
 cannot; should not; must not
trad. (非……不可) 非 …… 不可
simp. #(非……不可) 非 …… 不可

Pronunciation

Idiom

非……不可

  1. Indicates that something is bound to happen or something will certainly happen.
    今天非下雨不可。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]
    Jīntiān fēi xiàyǔ bùkě. [Pinyin]
    It will certainly rain today.
    工商界及學界的人何以不起來反對軍閥呢？他們在專制政體下作了幾千年的順民，不知道什麼是民權，忽然要他們起來作國家的主人翁，好像一個不會游水的人，要在海洋的大波濤之中去游泳，勢非淹死不可。 [MSC, trad.]
    工商界及学界的人何以不起来反对军阀呢？他们在专制政体下作了几千年的顺民，不知道什么是民权，忽然要他们起来作国家的主人翁，好像一个不会游水的人，要在海洋的大波涛之中去游泳，势非淹死不可。 [MSC, simp.]
    Gōngshāngjiè jí xuéjiè de rén héyǐ bù qǐlái fǎnduì jūnfá ne? Tāmen zài zhuānzhìzhèngtǐ xià zuò le jǐ qiānnián de shùnmín, bù zhīdào shénme shì mínquán, hūrán yào tāmen qǐlái zuò guójiā de zhǔrénwēng, hǎoxiàng yīge bùhuì yóushuǐ de rén, yào zài hǎiyáng de dà bōtāo zhīzhōng qù yóuyǒng, shì fēi yānsǐ bùkě. [Pinyin]
    Why didn’t the industrial, commercial, and academic circles rise up to oppose the warlords? Under millenniums of autocratic rule, they were long used to being docile subjects, utterly ignorant of the concept of civil rights. Suddenly expecting them to take charge as masters of their nation would be akin to throwing a nonswimmer into tempestuous waters—drowning would be inevitable.
    • 1938, T. F. Tsiang, chapter 4, in 中國近代史 [Modern Chinese History], page 121:
  2. Indicates that it is obligatory for someone to do something; have to, must
    今天是你奶奶的生辰，所以你非來不可。 [MSC, trad.]
    今天是你奶奶的生辰，所以你非来不可。 [MSC, simp.]
    Jīntiān shì nǐ nǎinai de shēngchén, suǒyǐ nǐ fēi lái bùkě. [Pinyin]
    It's your grandma's birthday today, so you've got to attend.

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