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Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

就要 [jiùyào]
  1. 1. be about to; be going to; be on the point of
    火车就要开了。
    The train is about to start. or The train is starting in a minute.

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

就要 [jiùyào]
  1. 1. 表示情况即将发生,相当于"将要""快要"
    球赛再有10分钟就要结束。
  2. 2. 表示应该怎样,相当于"就应""就得"
    我们的干部就要时刻想着人民群众。

Examples

医疗队今天就要出发了。
The medical team is leaving tonight.
搞改革就要有一股不怕困难的闯劲。
To go in for reforms, one must have the fearless spirit of a pathbreaker.
一句话不对路,两个人就要拌嘴。
One word out of turn, the two of them would quarrel.
把零儿去了,就要个整儿。
Round off that fraction to a whole number.
各位观众请落座,节目就要开始了。
Will all spectators be seated. The performance is going to start.
演出马上就要开始了。
The performance will begin in a minute.
不良倾向一冒头就要抓住它。
Watch out for harmful tendencies and deal with them the moment they crop up.
这样一来,这个月的计划就要泡汤了
In that case, this month's plan is bound to fall through.
错了就要认账。
If you're wrong, you should admit it.

Word Decomposition


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