Difference between revisions of "Expressing "as long as" with "zhiyao""
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| − | 只要 (zhǐyào...jiù) means "as long as | + | 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". |
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Revision as of 03:33, 3 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 做 一 件 好事儿 ，我们 的 社会 就 会 变 得 越 来 越 好。
- 只要 是 下雨天，她 就 会 撒谎 请假。
- 只要 你 愿意 就 行 了，其他 的 都 不 重要。
