除非你去做,否則你永遠不知道。

You'll never know unless you try.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 除非 chúfēi
  1. only if (..., or otherwise, ...)
  2. only when
  3. only in the case that
  4. unless
=2 you (informal, as opposed to courteous nín)
=2 you (Note: In Taiwan, is used to address females, but in mainland China, it is not commonly used. Instead, is used to address both males and females.)
3
  1. to go
  2. to go to (a place)
  3. (of a time etc) last
  4. just passed
  5. to send
  6. to remove
  7. to get rid of
  8. to reduce
  9. to be apart from in space or time
  10. to die (euphemism)
  11. to play (a part)
  12. (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth
  13. (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker)
  14. (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)
4 zuò
  1. to make; to produce
  2. to write; to compose
  3. to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc)
  4. (of a person) to be (an intermediary, a good student etc); to become (husband and wife, friends etc)
  5. (of a thing) to serve as; to be used for
  6. to assume (an air or manner)
5 否則 fǒu otherwise; if not; or (else)
=6 you (informal, as opposed to courteous nín)
=6 you (Note: In Taiwan, is used to address females, but in mainland China, it is not commonly used. Instead, is used to address both males and females.)
7 永遠 yǒngyuǎn
  1. forever
  2. eternal
8 不知 zhī
  1. not to know
  2. unaware
  3. unknowingly
  4. fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc)
=9 dào
  1. (bound form) way; reason; principle
  2. (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization
  3. (Daoism) the Way; the Dao
  4. to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel)
  5. (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words)
  6. classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process
  7. (old) circuit (administrative division)

classifiers: ,

=9 dǎo
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of / (dǎo, “to direct; to guide; to lead; to conduct”)
  2. alternative form of / (dǎo, “to direct; to guide; to lead; to conduct”)