除非是大活動,否則我是從不喝酒的。

I never drink unless there's a big event of some kind.

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 shì
  1. to be (followed by substantives only)
  2. correct; right; true
  3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well
  4. (adverb for emphatic assertion)
=2 shì variant of shì
=3
  1. big; large; great
  2. older (than another person)
  3. eldest (as in 大姐 jiě)
  4. greatly; freely; fully
  5. (dialect) father
  6. (dialect) uncle (father's brother)
=3 dài see 大夫 dàifu
4 活動 huódòng
  1. to exercise; to move about; to work out
  2. shaky; unsteady; loose (tooth etc)
  3. movable; flexible; liquid (capital etc)
  4. (volcanic, seismic, economic etc) activity
  5. to use personal influence, connections, bribes etc

classifier:

5 否則 fǒu otherwise; if not; or (else)
6
  1. I
  2. me
  3. my
=7 shì
  1. to be (followed by substantives only)
  2. correct; right; true
  3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well
  4. (adverb for emphatic assertion)
=7 shì variant of shì
8 從不 cóng never
9 喝酒 jiǔ to drink (alcohol)
=10 de
  1. of; ~'s (possessive particle)
  2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)
  3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
  4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 de "one made of leather" or 跑堂儿的 pǎotángrde "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 xīnde "new one")
  5. also pr. or di in poetry and songs
=10 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=10 really and truly
=10 (bound form) bull's-eye; target