HSK 6 grammar · pattern
这也不X，那也不Y
这也不…，那也不… — neither this nor that will do
Pattern
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( ) can be left out · other words may come before, between and after
How it works
这也不…，那也不… lists rejecting one thing after another to portray someone as fussy, hard to please, or stuck — "won't do this, won't do that".
Examples
他这也不吃，那也不吃，真难伺候。
Tā zhè yě bù chī, nà yě bù chī, zhēn nán cìhou.
He won't eat this or that — really hard to please.
这也不会，那也不会，你到底会什么？
Zhè yě bú huì, nà yě bú huì, nǐ dàodǐ huì shénme?
Can't do this, can't do that — what can you do?
这也不满意，那也不满意，怎么办呢？
Zhè yě bù mǎnyì, nà yě bù mǎnyì, zěnme bàn ne?
Not happy with this, not happy with that — what can be done?
Related
See it in a story
In the app, 这也不X，那也不Y is underlined wherever it appears in the stories you read, and practised with sentences from them. Free.