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要 + Verb + 就 + Verb (if you're going to, do it right)
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Five minutes of guitar a week
- Your friend wants to learn the guitar but only practises five minutes a week.
- if going to要to learn学then就good好good好to learn学,don't别三天打鱼两天晒网。 — "If you're going to learn, learn properly — don't do it in fits and starts."
if going to要 + Verb + then就 + Verb (+ properly)
- if going to要 V then就 V = "if you're going to do it, do it (properly / now)": if going to要go去then就go去, if going to要buy买then就to ingratiate oneself买好(one)的.
- The same verb repeats; the second often has a modifier: good好good好to learn学, early早a bit点儿go去.
if going to要go去then就early早a bit点儿go去。

Complete: “If you're going to learn, learn properly.” 要学____好好学。
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要 V 就 V.
Encouraging decisiveness
- if going to要buy买then就buy买quality质量good好(one)的。 — "If you're going to buy one, buy a good-quality one."
- as for要说then就variant of 说说clear清楚。 — "If you're going to say it, say it clearly."
if going to要buy买then就buy买quality质量good好(one)的。
Build: “If you're going to buy one, buy a good one.”
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要 V 就 V + object.
Same verb, firm tone
- Repeat the same verb: if going to要to learn学then就good好good好to learn学, not if going to要to learn学then就well好好to practice练 (unless you mean a different action).
- The tone is firm advice or impatience; it is spoken.
要…就… is mainly used in formal writing.
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False. 要…就… is spoken and firm (要买就买好的 “If you're buying, buy a good one”). It is not a formal written pattern.
if going to要…then就… versus want to想…then就…
- want to想go去then就go去 = go if you want to (permission, freedom).
- if going to要go去then就early早a bit点儿go去 = if you're going, go early (advice about doing it well).
want to想go去then就go去吧。
Which gives permission rather than advice?
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想 V 就 V gives permission: 想走就走吧 “Feel free to leave if you want.” 要 V 就 V gives firm advice: if you do it, do it properly.
Recap
- if going to要 V then就 (well好好 / early早a bit点儿) V = if you're going to do it, do it properly.
- Spoken, firm; want to想 V then就 V = do it if you like.
Read the full reference: HSK 5 grammar — Sentence patterns.
Your friend wants to learn the guitar but only practises five minutes a week. Close the examples. Say a Mandarin response, then write it in Chinese. Explain briefly in English what the lesson’s pattern adds. Compare with the model, then change one detail and try again.
This is supported productive practice. Compare meaning and structure; your answer need not copy the model. A partner or teacher must hear the spoken response to comment on pronunciation.