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不是 … ,就是 … (either … or …)

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Sleeping or reading — no third option

  • no不是 shì … ,exactly就是jiù shì … = "either …, or …" — it's one of the two.
  • he / himno不是 shìat / inzàito go to bed睡觉shuì jiàoexactly就是jiù shìat / inzàito read看书kàn shū = "he's either sleeping or reading."
  • It narrows things to exactly two possibilities.

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