就是
HSK 3freq #113
Meanings
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- 1.exactly; precisely
- 2.only; simply; just
- 3.(used correlatively with 也[yě]) even; even if
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Wiktionary
- 1.to be precisely; to be none other than; it is ... that
- 2.even if (when the verb of the following part of the sentence is preceded by 也 (yě))
- 3.even
- 4.just; really
- 5.like; in the same way as
- 6.it sure is!; exactly!
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Components
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Example sentences
這就是錯的。
This is just wrong.
就是这样的。
That's the way it is.
這就是生活。
That's life.
那就是答案。
That's the answer.
就是这样的。
That's how it is.
你就是荒唐。
You're just being ridiculous.
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Related words
就是说 in other words; that is再就是 another one is ...; the other thing is ...也就是 in other words; i.e.也就是说 in other words这就是说 in other words听风就是雨 lit. to believe in the rain on hearing the wind (idiom)有奶就是娘 see 有奶便是娘[yǒu nǎi biàn shì niáng]团结就是力量 unity is strength (revolutionary slogan and popular song of 1943)听见风就是雨 lit. on hearing wind, to say rain捡到篮里就是菜 all is grist that comes to the mill (idiom)不是鱼死就是网破 lit. either the fish dies or the net gets torn (idiom)不管白猫黑猫，捉住老鼠就是好猫 it doesn't matter whether a cat is white or black; as long as it catches mice it's a good cat (variant of a Sichuanese saying used in a speech by Deng Xiaoping 邓小平[Dèng Xiǎo píng] in 1962, usually associated with his economic reforms starting in 1978, in which pragmatism was favored over ideological purity)