要
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Definitions
- 1. to want; to need; to ask for
- 2. will; shall; about to
- 3. need to; should
- 4. if (same as 要是[yào shi])
- 5. (bound form) important
Example Sentences
1 shownTom 要 我到機場接Mary。
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Words Containing 要
don't!
unimportant
main
if only
will
will
necessary
nearly at the point of (doing sth); about to (do sth)
summary
secondary
indifferent
concise
minutes
outline
extremely important
otherwise
if it were not for
otherwise
to cause sb's death
to be on good terms
vital part
eager to excel
(coll.) if
to request
essential factor
important
main aspects
or
main point
important
to need; to want; to demand; to require
the most important
must
to fail to grasp the main points
needless; unnecessary
don't insist on only taking one road to Rome (idiom)
to have no sense of shame; shameless
to insist on doing sth
necessary and sufficient condition
if you live a life of crime, sooner or later you'll pay for it
a blade will get rusty if it is not sharpened; a man will fall behind if he doesn't study (idiom)
to hit the target and do real damage (idiom)
essential
influential figure
If you work at it hard enough, you can grind an iron bar into a needle.
dinner invitations, grabbing, obstructing and demanding bribes
basic necessity
abstract
the rain will fall, the womenfolk will marry (idiom)
to be about to
to need
necessity
requirement
urgent
to want to
strategic point
to the point
summary
takeover bid
important political leader
see 又想當婊子又想立牌坊|又想当婊子又想立牌坊[yòu xiǎng dāng biǎo zi yòu xiǎng lì pái fāng]
dynastic records of imperial China
to speak one's mind
outline
claim to rights (copyright, patent etc)
to hit the nail on the head (idiom)
to be just about to
\Collection of the Most Important Military Techniques\, book published in 1044 during the Northern Song Dynasty
to know no shame
to regard face as all-important
to go through hell for the sake of keeping up appearances (idiom)
(literary) key location
to ask for sky-high prices
firmly set on doing sth
brief and to the point (idiom)
brief introduction
to ask for
critical
urgent and important moment (idiom); critical juncture
nevertheless
so long as
If you don't want anyone to know, don't do it (idiom). fig. If you do something bad, people will inevitably hear about it.
A debt of blood must be paid in blood.
A debt of blood must be paid in blood.
intolerable; unacceptable
in brief
important matter
important person
key document
to ask a price; to charge
with milk
key task
key participant
either ...
main plan
strategic location
fort
straw rope
important path
good
to threaten
to intercept
important governmental or administrative matter
the gist (of a text or argument)
confused
to need
important traffic hub
extremely
half dead
terribly
key post
major criminal
roughly
important substance (of a document)
it depends on...
the main points
to restrict
the essentials
important news story
key job
to save sb's face
important thing
important book
road hub
(coll.) unbearable (Shanghainese)
significant role
to explain in simple terms
the key trick
as for
to ask an enormous price (as first negotiating step)
to demand repayment
important road
major road
to charge
strategic pass
see 愛面子|爱面子[ài miàn zi]
to get whatever one wants
to beg (for food or money)
promises must be kept
importance
strategically situated and easy to defend
Necessity is the mother of invention (European proverb).
inessential
to want absolutely; to insist on (doing sth)
must; have to
prominent; eminent
Gaoyao, county-level city in Zhaoqing 肇慶|肇庆[zhào qìng], Guangdong
Gaoyao, county-level city in Zhaoqing 肇慶|肇庆[zhào qìng], Guangdong
Essential skill to benefit the people, sixth century encyclopedia of agricultural knowledge by Jia Sixie 賈思勰|贾思勰[jiǎ sī xié]