<p>The components are:</p>

<ul>
<li>你不听: "you don't listen", of course.</li>
<li>不就 ... (吗): colloquial element, "isn't just that...?", "nothing other than..."<br>
(analyzed into 就 + rhetorical question)</li>
<li>得了: colloquial element, "fine with it", "enough"</li>
</ul>

<p>Put all together:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>你不听不就得了(吗)<br>
  lit. <em>You don't listen to him, then isn't it just fine?</em><br>
  <em>"Why don't you just ignore him!"</em> or <em>"Is there any problem with ignoring him?"</em></p>
</blockquote>

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<p>A book on function words contains the example sentence:</p>

<p>管他说什么呢， 你不听不就得了。</p>

<p>The first part is simple: 管他说什么呢 = "no matter what" s.o. says (管 as conjunction). The second part however is unclear to me. Is there some special pattern, complement or whatever contained?</p>

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What grammatical elements are contained in the sentence 你不听不就得了?
# What grammatical elements are contained in the sentence 你不听不就得了?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2014-12-01)

A book on function words contains the example sentence:

管他说什么呢， 你不听不就得了。

The first part is simple: 管他说什么呢 = "no matter what" s.o. says (管 as conjunction). The second part however is unclear to me. Is there some special pattern, complement or whatever contained?

**Tags:** translation, grammar


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2014-12-01. Score: 4 | Accepted answer

The components are:

* 你不听: "you don't listen", of course.
* 不就 ... (吗): colloquial element, "isn't just that...?", "nothing other than..."  
  (analyzed into 就 + rhetorical question)
* 得了: colloquial element, "fine with it", "enough"

Put all together:

> 你不听不就得了(吗)  
> lit. *You don't listen to him, then isn't it just fine?*  
> *"Why don't you just ignore him!"* or *"Is there any problem with ignoring him?"*


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