不就

isn’t it just…?; it’s only…, wouldn’t that just…?

→ 不
phrase Common #3,004
isn’t it just…?; it’s only… Used to frame something as no more than a particular thing or situation, often rhetorically or to downplay it.
CH: 不就吃顿饺子吗?
EN: It’s just a meal of dumplings, isn’t it?

咱不就出去玩一天嘛

It’s just a one-day outing, isn’t it?

— 流浪地球 (2019)

不就凭了师傅一句话?

Wasn't it just because Master said so?

— 霸王别姬 (1993)

不就电话费嘛

It’s just the phone bill, isn’t it?

— 世界 (2004)

但我们这里不就有一个吗?

But don’t we have one right here?

— 小偷家族 (2018)

不就吃顿饺子吗?

It's just eating some dumplings, isn't it?

— 我的父亲母亲 (1999)

女人不就这么回事吗

Aren’t women all like that?

— 大红灯笼高高挂 (1991)

不不不-不就五分钟

No, no, no—it’s only five minutes.

— 幸福的拉扎罗 (2018)

不就找人吗?

Can't you just find someone?

— 一个都不能少 (1999)

phrase Rare #21,327
wouldn’t that just…? A colloquial rhetorical construction that presents a result as the obvious consequence of a premise.
CH: 那不就没有意义了。
EN: Then wouldn’t that make it meaningless?

那我们之前的努力不就白费了吗

Wouldn't all our previous efforts have been in vain then?

— 你的名字。 (2016)

那不就没有意义了

Then it would be meaningless, wouldn't it?

— 空之境界 第五章 矛盾螺旋 (2008)

不就发现我们了

Wouldn't they have found us?

— I Am What I Am (2021)

瑶琴姑娘三舅这麻烦不就大了嘛

If it’s Miss Yaoqin’s third uncle, then we’re really in trouble, aren’t we?

— 满江红 (2023)

开始是假的只要老爷天天到我这儿日子久了不就成真的了

It may be fake at first, but if you keep coming to me every day, won’t it become real with time?

— 大红灯笼高高挂 (1991)