Lesson 21 – The Usage Summary of the Sentence Structure 只要…就/便… (zhǐ yào…jiù / biàn…)

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Notes:

只要…就/便…

Structure：

只要+ prerequisite + 就/便 + result

Meaning:

1. 只要 indicates the required sufficient condition.
2. 就 followed by the corresponding result.
3. If the 2^nd clause is using 是……的 / a rhetorical question  à  就/便 cannot be used.

e.g.

只要你愿意，他还会不帮你？

(Zhǐyào nǐ yuànyì, tā hái huì bù bānɡ nǐ?)

他只要肯学，我就愿意教。

(Tā zhǐyào kěn xué, wǒ jiù yuànyì jiāo.)