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Usage 1 - "minute of time":
*Sentence
我下班回家需要30分钟。
English:
I need 30 minutes to get home from work.
Top-Down Words:
下班 xiàbān - get off work (opp. 上班)
家 jiā - home
需要 xūyào - to need
Sentence
十分钟就好。
English:
Ten minutes is fine.
Top-Down Words:
就 jiù - (grammatical particle) in this case meaning “as soon as” or “right after”.
Sentence
每分钟都很宝贵。
English:
Every minute is precious.
Top-Down Words:
都 dōu - all, every
宝贵 bǎoguì - precious
The Six Steps to Learning Words
Jason Pon
As above:
"十分钟就好。
就 jiù - (grammatical particle) in this case meaning “as soon as” or “right after”."
I hope we'll get a grammar point on this! I've seen this a million times at this point and I get the general sense of it (comparing/contrasting with 才).
Mandarin Blueprint
"就好" translates rather nicely to "just fine". 就 can mean "just" in certain contexts, as well as "as soon as".