只要 zhǐ yào

zhǐ yào conjunction if only; so long as
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words , Concept: Correlative 关联词
Notes: This conjunction is often used as a connecting word in the subordinate clause of subordinate complex sentences to express that a particular result is achieved with certain conditions (CC-CEDICT '只要'; Guoyu '只要'; Mathews 1931 '只要', p. 131; Sun 2006, loc. 2069)

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• 只要功夫深，铁杵磨成针(只要功夫深，鐵杵磨成針) If you work at it hard enough, you can grind an iron bar into a needle.; cf idiom 磨杵成針|磨杵成针, to grind an iron bar down to a fine needle; to persevere in a difficult task

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