Expressing "Unless" With " 除非chúfēi"

除非chúfēi can be used as a conjunction and means "unless."

Result / Fact，除非chúfēi + Condition

• The sentences below place emphasis on the part after 除非chúfēi. 

Nǐ bù huì zhème kuài shēng zhí, chúfēi nǐ zuò dé hěn hǎo

你不会这么快升职 ，除非你做得很好。

You don't get promoted so quickly unless you do a great job.

Wǒ bùxiǎng qù jīn wǎn de pàiduì, chúfēi nǐ yě qù. 

我不想去今晚的派对 ，除非你也去。

I don't want to go to the party tonight unless you go too.

Zài měiguó gōngsī, dàjiā hěn shǎo jiābān, chúfēi yǒu zhòngyào de shìqíng.

在美国公司，大家很少加班，除非有重要的事情。

In American companies, people rarely work overtime unless there is something important.