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<p><span style="color: rgb(139, 0, 0); font-family: NotoSansCJKsc; font-size: 22px;">一旦</span>&#160;(<span class="pinyin">yīdàn</span>) is used to express what would happen after a certain condition is met. Usually it is used with 就. This grammar pattern expresses that once one thing happens, something else will happen.</p>

  <h2 id="structure">Structure</h2>

  <p>This structure is similar to the English "<b>once...then,</b>" as in "<b>once the company goes bankrupt, your family will lose all its money.</b>"</p>

  <div class="jiegou"><div class="deux"><span style="color: rgb(255, 127, 80); font-family: NotoSansCJKsc; font-size: 30px;">一旦</span>&#160;+ Condition，Subj. +&#160;<span class="hanzist">就</span>&#160;+ Consequence</div>
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  <h2 id="examples">Examples</h2>

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      <li><span class="hanzi">一旦 我 找 好 的 工作，我 就 会 安心。</span>&#160;<span class="trans">Once I find a good job, then I'll be able to relax.</span></li>

      <li><span class="hanzi">这 张 桌子 不 稳定，一旦 发生 什么 小 小 的 振动，就 会 倒塌。</span>&#160;<span class="trans">This table isn't very steady. Once there's even a small vibration, it will fall over.</span></li>

      <li><span class="hanzi">学习 计算机 科学 的 学生 很 自信，他们 一旦 毕业，就 会 找到 很 好 的 工作。</span>&#160;<span class="trans">Computer science students are very confident. Once they graduate, they will be able to find good jobs.</span></li>

      <li><span class="hanzi">千万 不 要 在 经济 泡沫 中 炒股，一旦 市场 崩溃，你 会 很 后悔 的！</span>&#160;<span class="trans">You must absolutely not trade stocks in an economic bubble. Once the market collapses, you will regret it!</span></li>
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  <p>Notice in the last example there is no&#160;<span class="hanzi">就</span>. Sometimes you can leave out the&#160;<span class="hanzi">就</span>&#160;and the context that the result will happen is pretty clear.</p>

  <h2 id="sources-and-further-reading">Sources and further reading</h2>

  <h3 id="books">Books</h3>

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    <li>Common Chinese Patterns 330 (<span class="hanzi">汉语常用格式330例</span>) (p. 262)</li>
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