or (literary)
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Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesconjunction
or (used to present alternatives, literary)
literaryUsed in formal, written, or literary contexts to indicate a choice between alternatives. More formal and less common in everyday speech than 还是 or 或者.
Bù不
zhī知
zhū诸
wèi位
shì是
zàn赞
chéng成
，
yì抑
huò或
shì是
fǎn反
duì对
。
I do not know whether you all approve or oppose.
Zhè这
shì是
qiǎo巧
hé合
，
yì抑
huò或
shì是
mìng命
yùn运
de的
ān安
pái排
？
Is this a coincidence, or is it the arrangement of fate?
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Tā他
cǐ此
jǔ举
shì是
chū出
yú于
zhēn真
xīn心
，
yì抑
huò或
shì是
bié别
yǒu有
yòng用
xīn心
？
Did he do this out of sincerity, or with ulterior motives?