B2 · Grammar reference · ASG78FDE
Expressing a last chance with "zaibu... jiu..."
When time is running out and you need to emphasize that someone needs to act now or else something bad is going to happen, that's when you know you need the pattern 再不…… 就…… (zàibù... jiù...)!
- Keywords
- 再不 · 就 · 再 · 不 · never · again · if · then
- Used for
- Referring to the future
- Classification
- Adverbs
Examples (10)
你再不走，我就叫保安了。
再不走我们开会就要迟到了。
你再不努力，你就会被淘汰。
火车快开了，再不检票就来不及了。
今年最后一次优惠，再不抢就没了。
你快告诉他，不要让他误会，再不说就真的误会了。
你再不学习，下个月就没有生活费了。
你再不打电话，你就失去这个机会了。
如果我们现在再不去旅游，以后就更没有机会了。
我再不穿羽绒服，我就冻死了。
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Summary, structure, classification, and adapted sentence examples draw from the AllSet Learning Chinese Grammar Wiki under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0; changes were made. This noncommercial reference is based on an October 2023 snapshot.
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