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要[ yào ] 是[ shì ]
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要是
[ yào shi ]
Elementary Level(Band 3)
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if; suppose; in case
1. 要是我能飞就好了。
[ yào shì wǒ néng fēi jiù hǎo le 。 ]
If only I could fly.
2. 我怎么能够爬得上那堵墙?我要是一只鸟就好了!
[ wǒ zěn me néng gòu pá dé shàng nà dǔ qiáng ? wǒ yào shì yī zhǐ niǎo jiù hǎo le ! ]
How can I climb up that wall! I wish I were a bird!
3. 我要是早点知道这个规矩就好了!
[ wǒ yào shì zǎo diǎn zhī dào zhè gè guī ju jiù hǎo le ! ]
“I wish I'd known about that rule earlier", she said.