要不然

yào bù rán

HSK 6 3-character word

What 要不然 means

otherwise
or else
or

The characters in 要不然

要yàoto want; to need; to ask for; will; shall; about to; need to; should
不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
然ráncorrect; right; so

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