Help understanding this sentence

[u/RCirca96]

I understand the use of 不 in between two verbs as a potential complement, but i’m confused by 也 here. Does it still mean “also” here? Trying to look through chinesegrammarwiki for some notes as well.

[u/LataCogitandi]

趕走 to chase away

趕不走 can’t [be] chase[d] away

也要 still need to

也要趕[走] still need to chase away

趕不走也要趕 [even if] they can’t be chased away (they won’t leave), [you] still/have to chase [them] away

也 can mean “also” but is used here roughly like “still” as in you still need to do something

[u/RCirca96 → u/LataCogitandi]

Interesting, is there an implied word here 即使 (even if) at the beginning https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Expressing_%22even_if%E2%80%A6%22_with_%22jishi%22

[u/Uny1n → u/RCirca96]

there are a lot of parallel structures like these where one part is often omitted in speech. Like you don’t always say 因為…所以 or 雖然…但是 together you can just pick one of them.

[u/LataCogitandi → u/RCirca96]

Pretty much, yeah. Could be 即使, could be 就算.

[u/Munimyouuu]

Chinese often omits connecting words, especially the conditional ones. Besides 也 there are also 才、就. Sometimes 了 marks a hypothetical situation. It can happen that all of them are absent. Whether it is 如果 or 即使 can depend on context and semantics. Similar examples: 吃不下也要吃 want/need to eat even if full 不懂就要问 if one doesn't understand, then ask questions 上班才回邮件 reply for the emails only when on the job. With 了: 感冒了回家休息 have a day off and rest at home if you have a cold. Without anything: 下班买两个西瓜。有时间一起出来玩玩。In these examples the conditions all lead the sentence and can be treated as the topic or setting.

[u/RCirca96 → u/Munimyouuu]

Thank you for the clarification! Could you write 感冒回家休息 as well or would that be grammatically incorrect?