| | to want; to need; to ask for / will; shall; about to / need to; should / if (same as 要是) / (bound form) important | HSK 1 |
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| | to think (about) / to think of; to devise / to think (that); to believe (that) / to desire; to want (to) / to miss (feel wistful about the absence of) | HSK 1 |
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| | to wish / to want / ready / willing (to do sth) | HSK 2 |
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| | to need; to want; to demand; to require / needs | HSK 3 |
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| | to require / to need / to want / necessity / need | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to order the arrest of sb as criminal / to list as wanted | HSK 7-9 |
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| | not to accept sth / to want to have sth overruled or changed / to refuse to obey or comply / to refuse to accept as final / to remain unconvinced by / not to give in to | HSK 7-9 |
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| | dried food (including dried fruits, mushrooms and seafoods such as shrimp and abalone) / (fig.) (coll.) knowledge presented in readily assimilable form / just what you want to know: no more, no less (no 水分) | |
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| | to be so in pain as to not want to live / to be so grieved as to wish one were dead | |
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| | to want to say sth but then hesitate | |
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| | If you want to condemn sb, don't worry about the pretext (idiom, from Zuozhuan 左傳｜左传); one can always trump up a charge against sb / Give a dog a bad name, then hang him. | |
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| | (literary) to want; to desire / (literary) pleased; gratified; happy | |
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| | want to stop but can't (idiom) / to be unable to stop oneself / to feel an urge to continue | |
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| | to want sex / given to lust / lecherous / lascivious / horny | |
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| | to only want to have a good time / to just want to have fun, and to shy away from self-discipline | |
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| | What you don't want done to you, don't do to others. (idiom, from the Confucian analects) / Do as you would be done by. / Do not do to others what you would not have them do to you. | |
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| | a possible period of want or need | |
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| | to want to articulate one's thoughts but be unable to | |
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| | (idiom) not want to be outdone / not content to lag behind | |
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| | to sell an item only as part of a bundle (thereby forcing consumers to buy goods they do not want); to sell on a tie-in basis | |
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| | to let sb do whatever they want / to indulge / to give free reins to / to let things slide / to drift aimlessly / laissez-faire | |
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| | lit. win an inch, want a foot (idiom); fig. not satisfied with small gains / give him an inch, and he'll want a mile | |
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| | Correct! / Oh, that's right, ... (when one suddenly remembers sth one wanted to mention) / Oh, by the way, ... | |
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| | lit. the person from Zheng 鄭｜郑 who wanted to buy shoes (an allusion to an ancient story about somebody who, when buying a pair of shoes, preferred to rely on their foot measurements rather than just trying them on) (idiom) / fig. disregarding the sensible approach in favor of adherence to a fixed idea | |
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| | wanted criminal / fugitive (from the law) | |
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| | to want to / to feel like / to fancy / to care for sb / desirous of | |
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| | if you want sth done well, do it yourself (idiom) | |
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| | lit. the trees long for peace but the wind will never cease (idiom) / fig. the world changes, whether you want it or not | |
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| | order for arrest / wanted circular / wanted poster | |
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| | lit. the fish and the bear's paw, you can't have both at the same time (idiom, from Mencius); fig. you must choose one or the other / you can't always get everything you want / you can't have your cake and eat it | |
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| | lit. to want to get fat with only one mouthful (proverb) / fig. to try to achieve one's goal in the shortest time possible / to be impatient for success | |
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| | lit. one hand exchanges the cash, the other the goods (idiom) / fig. to pay for what you want in cash / simple and direct transaction | |
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| | don't let rhetoric spoil the message (idiom); don't get carried away with flowery speech to the detriment of what you want to say | |
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| | don't let rhetoric spoil the message (idiom); don't get carried away with flowery speech to the detriment of what you want to say | |
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| | (idiom) waste not, want not | |
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| | (idiom) not want to be outdone / not content to lag behind | |
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| | (idiom) waste not, want not | |
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| | (idiom) waste not, want not | |
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| | If one is industrious, one will not be in want. (idiom) | |
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| | lit. to lead the life of a whore but still want a monument put up to one's chastity (idiom) / fig. to have bad intentions but still want a good reputation / to want to have one's cake and eat it too | |
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| | to call sth a cow or a horse (idiom); it doesn't matter what you call it / Insult me if you want, I don't care what you call me. | |
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| | to call sth a cow or a horse (idiom); it doesn't matter what you call it / Insult me if you want, I don't care what you call me. | |
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| | Jiang Ziya is fishing, if you want take the hook (idiom, refers to early sage 姜子牙 fishing with no bait and the hook above the water); to put one's head in the noose | |
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| | Jiang Ziya is fishing, if you want it, take the hook (idiom, refers to early sage 姜子牙 fishing with no bait and the hook above the water); to put one's head in the noose | |
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| | The will is there, but not the strength (idiom, from Confucian Analects). / I really want to do it, but don't have the resources. / The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak. | |
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| | although small, a steelyard weight may tip a hundred pounds (idiom) / apparently insignificant details can have a large impact / for want of a nail the battle was lost | |
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| | 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. | |
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| | speech that grates on the ear (idiom); bitter truths / home truths (that one does not want to hear) | |
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| | to want absolutely; to insist on (doing sth) | |
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| | lit. the fish and the bear's paw, you can't have both at the same time (idiom, from Mencius); fig. you must choose one or the other / you can't always get everything you want / you can't have your cake and eat it | |
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