Mandarin Grammar Point
只要...就... (zhǐyào... jiù...) - As long as...then...

只要...就... (zhǐyào... jiù...) - As long as...then...

Short explanation:

This construction expresses the concept of 'if ___ then ___' or 'as long as ___ then ___'.

Formation:

只要 + Condition + 就 + Result

Examples:

只要你努力学习,就一定会成功。
Zhǐyào nǐ nǔlì xuéxí, jiù yídìng huì chénggōng.
As long as you study hard, you will definitely succeed.
只要我们坚持下去,就没有什么是不可能的。
Zhǐyào wǒmen jiānchí xiàqù, jiù méiyǒu shénme shì bù kěnéng de.
As long as we persist, nothing is impossible.
只要接到电话,我就立刻过来。
Zhǐyào jiē dào diànhuà, wǒ jiù lìkè guòlái.
As long as I receive a call, I will come right away.
只要天气好,我们就去公园玩。
Zhǐyào tiānqì hǎo, wǒmen jiù qù gōngyuán wán.
As long as the weather is good, we will go to the park to play.

Long explanation:

In Mandarin Chinese, the grammar construction '只要...就...' (zhǐyào... jiù...) is a compound sentence pattern typically employed to show a cause-effect relationship or a prerequisite-condition result. It translates to 'as long as...then...' in English and is used to state the conditions for something to happen. It indicates that once the condition expressed by '只要 (zhǐyào)' is fulfilled, the result expressed by '就 (jiù)' will happen.
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