HSK 3 grammar · conjunction
只要…就
只要…就 — as long as
Pattern
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( ) can be left out · other words may come before, between and after
How it works
只要…就 gives a sufficient condition: "as long as A, then B." It means A alone is enough to bring about B. Contrast it with 只有…才 (only if), which marks a necessary condition that is harder to meet.
Examples
只要你努力，就能成功。
Zhǐyào nǐ nǔlì, jiù néng chénggōng.
As long as you work hard, you can succeed.
只要天气好，我们就去公园。
Zhǐyào tiānqì hǎo, wǒmen jiù qù gōngyuán.
As long as the weather is nice, we'll go to the park.
Related
See it in a story
In the app, 只要…就 is underlined wherever it appears in the stories you read, and practised with sentences from them. Free.