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HSK
learning; knowledge; scholarship / a body of specialized knowledge (CL:門|门); (fig.) any activity that demands expertise, skill or experience (e.g. gathering forensic evidence, selecting clothing, managing relationships)
HSK 4
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *求* | 求* | *求
to seek / to look for / to request / to demand / to beseech
HSK 2
to need; to want; to demand; to require / needs
HSK 3
to request / to require / requirement / to stake a claim / to ask / to demand / CL: 點|点
HSK 2
requirement / to require / (economics) demand
HSK 3
to furnish / to provide / supply (as in supply and demand)
HSK 6
to demand repayment of a debt; to collect a debt
(saying) (fig.) to make an exorbitant demand; to ask for an outrageously high price
supply and demand
supply does not meet demand
HSK 7-9
domestic demand
HSK 7-9
supply and demand (economics)
HSK 7-9
a shout / fig. opinion or demand, esp. expressed by a group
HSK 7-9
(banking) current (account) / checking (account) / demand (deposit etc)
HSK 7-9
the Japanese Twenty-One Demands of 1915
to sell strongly; to be in great demand
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *俏* | 俏* | *俏
good-looking / charming / (of goods) in great demand / (coll.) to season (food)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *要* | 要* | *要
(bound form) to demand; to coerce
(of goods) popular / in great demand
lit. many monks and not much gruel (idiom) / fig. not enough to go around / demand exceeds supply
to satisfy both sides / to accommodate both (demands)
to demand payment / to collect overdue payment
(economics) rigid demand; inelastic demand (abbr. for 剛性需求|刚性需求)
to brook no delay / to demand immediate action
to be strict with oneself (idiom) / to demand a lot of oneself
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *索* | 索* | *索
to search / to demand / to ask / to exact / large rope / isolated
aggregate demand
aggregate social demand / total requirement of society
supply exceeds demand
to ask / to demand
HSK 7-9
to demand the highest standards of sb (or oneself) (idiom) / to strive to achieve the best possible results / to be a perfectionist
publishing on demand
to demand perfection (idiom)
to plunder the homes of the wealthy for food (in times of famine) / (of sb who has no income) to rely on others / to demand a "contribution" or "loan" from a business or wealthy individual
(environmental science) biochemical oxygen demand; BOD
to ask for / to request / to demand
to demand payment of money owed
external demand (demand for a country's goods and services from foreign markets)
to insist on; to demand; to impose
to be popular / to be getting on well / much in demand
to place righteousness before family (idiom); ready to punish one's own family if justice demands it
to exact bribes / to solicit bribes / to demand bribes / to extort
to demand repayment
supply exceeds demand
to satisfy rival demands (idiom) / to get the best of both worlds / to have it both ways / to have one's cake and eat it too
demand deposit (abbr. for 活期存款)
popular / in demand / well regarded
anxious for quick results (idiom); to demand instant success / impatient for result / impetuous
to demand sb's life
to apportion expenses, responsibilities etc / to demand contributions
(merchandise) in high demand
on demand; according to demand
to demand payment of money owing
to produce a sound; to vocalize / to give voice; to articulate views or demands
to exhibit great enthusiasm for sb or sth; to embrace / favor; acclaim; adulation; high demand
(environmental science) chemical oxygen demand; COD
pay every ten days, give tribute every month (idiom); incessant and ever more complicated demands
demand deposit
to demand payment / to extort / to trace / to seek / to pursue / to explore
to demand repayment of debt
to demand an explanation
goods in great demand
to conform with destiny / as the occasion demands
to make extravagant demands / an unreasonable request
to charge / to demand payment
product in great demand / hot property
to appeal for justice / to demand redress for a grievance
(a product) sells well / to be in demand
inappropriate or presumptuous demands
to ask for / to demand
to demand a high price
to pay on demand
(neologism c. 2017) (slang) to demand proof of what one believes to be an unfounded accusation only to have irrefutable evidence duly supplied
to demand payment of a debt; to collect a debt
to question intensely / to interrogate / to demand information
expert craft from hard practice (idiom); hard-won skill / A masterpiece demands suffering.
to demand; to call for; to petition / demand; wish; request / to promote one's brand; to appeal to (consumers) / (marketing) message; pitch
video on demand (VOD)
to pursue closely / to press / to demand (payment) / to extort (a concession)
(idiom) to relentlessly make excessive demands
to make endless exorbitant demands
exorbitant demands / demanding with menaces / extortion
(scuba diving) regulator; demand valve
delicious cakes / popular person / sth that is in high demand
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *讨* | 讨* | *讨
to invite / to provoke / to demand or ask for / to send armed forces to suppress / to denounce or condemn / to marry (a woman) / to discuss or study
HSK 7-9
to enquire / to demand details
to demand; to ask for
to demand repayment / to collect debt
demand loan (i.e. loan that the borrower can demanded back at any time)
to seek / to demand


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