HSK 6 Connectors & compound sentences
… 也罢,… 也罢 / … 也好,… 也好
Whether… or…, it makes no difference (也罢/也好)
Structure A + 也罢/也好,B + 也罢/也好,(都/反正) + result
…也罢,…也罢 / …也好,…也好 lists alternatives to say the outcome is the same: "whether… or…, it makes no difference". 成也罢,败也罢,他都坦然 = "win or lose, he takes it calmly". It conveys indifference or resignation toward any of the options, which often close with 都 or 反正. 也罢 (yěbà) is more literary and resigned; 也好 (yěhǎo) is more colloquial, closer to "fine either way".
Examples
- 成也罢,败也罢,他都坦然面对。
Whether he succeeds or fails, he faces it calmly.
- 去也好,不去也好,随你的便。
Go or don't go, suit yourself; it's all the same.
- 信也罢,不信也罢,事实就摆在那里。
Believe it or not, the facts are right there.
Levels are indicative: they follow the standard Chinese Grammar Wiki (AllSet Learning) progression, not an official HSK 3.0 mapping. We never assign levels by eye.