HSK 6 grammar · pattern
X了就X了
…了就…了 — so what if …; it's done
Pattern
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( ) can be left out · other words may come before, between and after
How it works
V了就V了 shrugs off something already done as not worth worrying about — "so what if it happened; it's over". It often adds a follow-up about moving on.
Examples
丢了就丢了，再买一个吧。
Diū le jiù diū le, zài mǎi yí ge ba.
If it's lost, it's lost — just buy another.
错了就错了，下次注意。
Cuò le jiù cuò le, xiàcì zhùyì.
So you made a mistake — be careful next time.
走了就走了，不必再想他。
Zǒu le jiù zǒu le, búbì zài xiǎng tā.
He's gone, and that's that — no need to keep thinking about him.
Related
See it in a story
In the app, X了就X了 is underlined wherever it appears in the stories you read, and practised with sentences from them. Free.