要不然

apetina
September 22, 2014, 08:50 AM posted in Grammar Questions

I'm confused about the translation of 要不然. I have always translated it as "Otherwise", "or else"... but in some chinesepod lessons it is translated as"How about...?" It has two meanings?

thanks

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DavidXuzhou
September 22, 2014, 10:03 AM

Hi apetina,

It's a good question. Please check out this week's Qing Wen which we will talk about '要不'.

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apetina
September 22, 2014, 06:57 PM

I'll do it, thanks