Difference between revisions of "Expressing "as long as" with "zhiyao""
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| − | * New Practical Chinese Reader 3 | + | * [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/756191251X/ref%3das_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=allset-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399369&creativeASIN=756191251X New Practical Chinese Reader: Textbook 3] pp.83 |
Revision as of 07:54, 11 November 2011
只要 (zhǐyào...jiù) means "as long as" or "provided", and can be used to express a result which has a necessary condition. The following phrase often uses 就 to form a construction meaning "provided X then Y".
For example:
- 只要 人人 每天 都 做 一 件 好事儿，生活 就 会 变 得 更 美好。
- 只要 是 下雨天，她 就 会 撒谎 请假。
- 只要 你 在，我 就 放心。
- 只要 有 经济 发展，就 会 有 环境 污染。
