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HSK
to request / to require / requirement / to stake a claim / to ask / to demand / CL: 點|点
HSK 2
to need; to want; to demand; to require / needs
HSK 3
requirement / to require / (economics) demand
HSK 3
necessary / essential / indispensable / required
HSK 3
to meet the standard required / qualified / eligible (voter etc)
HSK 3
to need / to require / essential / indispensable
HSK 5
(of an academic course) required / compulsory
HSK 6
to be excessive; to be more than is required
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *消* | 消* | *消
to diminish; to subside / to consume; to reduce / to idle away (the time) / (after or or etc) to need; to require; to take
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *需* | 需* | *需
to require / to need / to want / necessity / need
HSK 7-9
to require effort / strenuous
HSK 7-9
circumstances require action (idiom); absolutely necessary / imperative
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *啊* | 啊* | *啊
interjection expressing doubt or requiring answer / Eh? / what?
ancient banquet game of throwing arrows into a pot, the winner determined by the number of arrows thrown in, and the loser required to drink as punishment
required course; compulsory course
(of an outcome) to rely on / to require / can only be achieved by means of
to need sth urgently / urgently required
unprofitable goods; item that can only be sold at a loss / daughter (so called in former times because daughters required a dowry when they married)
A leader can submit or can stand tall as required. / ready to give and take / flexible
forced labor / corvée (labor required of a serf) / animal labor
massage / snapped-off branch / sprig / to snap a twig (i.e. sth that requires very little effort)
according to custom / to do as local custom requires / do as the Romans do
to require a solution / to seek to solve (an equation)
lit. you cannot get fat with only one mouthful (proverb) / fig. any significant achievement requires time, effort and persistence
lit. as hurried as a shooting star (idiom); requiring immediate action / extremely urgent
tiger tally (a two-piece object made in the shape of a tiger, used in ancient China as proof of authority. One half of a tally could be issued to a military officer and this would be matched with the other half when verification was required.)
lit. not requiring a detailed understanding (idiom); only looking for an overview / not bothered with the details / superficial / content with shallow understanding
necessary (for) / required
sensible enthalpy (thermodynamics) / energy required to go from one state to another
to need / to require / must have
required courses in the major subject
(of a person) learned; erudite; scholarly / (of a topic, practice or domain) to involve a body of deep, specialized knowledge; to require expertise
(of a domain or area of expertise) to involve significant depth or complexity; to require a great deal of specialized knowledge; to be a real science; to be a fine art
to have in one's possession and use when required
to require much effort
requiring much time and effort
to do more than is required (idiom); superfluous / gilding the lily
ruling a large nation is like cooking a small delicacy (idiom) / effective government requires minimal intervention
(gaming) action points (points required to complete an action) / (Tw) action level (the level of concentration of a harmful substance at which remedial action is considered necessary)
(law) person required to fulfill obligations set forth in a written court judgement (e.g. to pay compensation to sb)
transfer payment (payment from government or private sector for which no good or service is required in return)
to estimate how much food is required for a meal


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