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要么…要么…

yàome … yàome …

1. correlative conjunction either … or … (listing the only possibilities; a choice is required)

   他要么是压力太大，要么是生病了。

   Tā yàome shì yālì tài dà, yàome shì shēngbìng le.

   Either he is under too much stress, or he is ill.

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