What does 就那样吧 mean?

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This is a conversation with my friend and she started to live in Moscow recently.

I: 你莫斯科生活怎么样？
She: 就那样吧

Pleco showed 那样 means "like" or "that kind", but in this case that doesn't make sense. I feel this is an idiom, but what does 就那样吧 mean in this context?

Siwei · Answer

Just so so.
Not good, not bad.
Most of the time, this means people are not satisfied with something.

Gavin · Answer

There are two senses in which it's used:

modesty:  it implies [something is] very general, or ordinary.

"just like that" and we needn't worry about it anymore.

I_love_python · Answer

就那样吧 has two means.

1.It means Just so so .
2.the words mean:something happaned is that.

coobit · Answer

It literary translates to:

就  那   样  吧 =
"And that like !" or "Thus that like !"

where 吧 is a kind of "!" sign.

So in human language it should be something like this: "And like that!" or "Aaaand it's like that. Do it!" or "Thus (it should) be like that!"

dan · Answer

就那样吧 is the same as 也就那样吧 in this case, which is a colloquial phrase, not an idiom.
It means: "just so-so", "it's just ok", "things going just like that".
It conveys her life in Moscow is not that good, or not as good as she — or someone else — expected.
You can take it as a shortened form of 生活就那样吧 or 生活也就那样吧.

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