就算 … ，也 … (even if)
Grant the failure, keep the plan
- (coll.) even if就算 … ，also也 … = "even if / even supposing …, still …".
- (coll.) even if就算to be defeated失败，also也to be worth值得 = "even if (we) fail, it's worth it."
- (coll.) even if就算 is a common, slightly spoken "even if".
(coll.) even if就算 … ，also也 …
- (coll.) even if就算 grants a worst case; also也 keeps the conclusion.
even if就算fail失败，still也worth it值得。
- (coll.) even if就算to be defeated失败，also也to be worth值得 = "even if we fail, it's worth it."
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就算 grants the worst on paper; 也 keeps the conclusion standing.
Practice
Even if we fail, it's worth it: ____ 失败，也值得。
就算 … ，也 … = even if: 就算失败,也值得.
Practice
就算 grants a worst case, then keeps the conclusion.
Yes — 就算失败，也值得.
Recap
Key idea
- (coll.) even if就算 … ，also也 … — "even if / even supposing …, still …"
- (coll.) even if就算to be defeated失败，also也to be worth值得
- (coll.) even if就算 ≈ exactly就是 / even if即使; pairs with also也
Read the full reference: HSK 5 grammar — "Even if" statements.
Practice
就算 is closest to…
就算 = even if / even supposing; pairs with 也.