to demand / to request / to coerce

important / vital / to want / to ask for / will / going to (as future auxiliary) / may / must / (used in a comparison) must be / probably / if

only have ... / there is only ... / (used in combination with 才) it is only if one ... (that one can ...) (Example: 只有通過治療才能痊愈｜只有通过治疗才能痊愈 "the only way to cure it is with therapy") / it is only ... (who ...) (Example: 只有男性才有此需要 "only men would have such a requirement") / (used to indicate that one has no alternative) one can only (do a certain thing) (Example: 只有屈服 "the only thing you can do is give in")

important / significant / major

to need / to want / to demand / to require / requirement / need

main / principal / major / primary

to request / to require / requirement / to stake a claim / to ask / to demand / CL: 點｜点

if only / so long as

(coll.) if

otherwise / or else / how about...? / either... (or...)

necessary / essential / indispensable / required

secondary

main point / essential

summary / abstract

the most important / of chief importance

to cause sb's death / very / extremely / frightening / annoying

essential factor / key constituent

concise / brief

minutes / written summary of a meeting

important news story / headline

will / shall / to be going to

don't! / must not

to want to / to feel like / to fancy / to care for sb / desirous of

it depends on...

must

as for / when it comes to

outline

in brief / in a word

to be on good terms / to be close friends / striving for self-improvement

outline / essential points

needless / unnecessary

almost / nearly / almost all

otherwise / or else / or

importance

eager to excel / eager to get ahead in life / strong-minded

to have no sense of shame / shameless

important / urgent

(literary) key location / key post (important job)

if it were not for / but for

must / have to

critical / crucial / vital

variant of 要麼｜要么

indifferent / insignificant

brief introduction

to be just about to / to be on the point of

extremely / awfully

to speak one's mind

dynastic records of imperial China

to need / to require / must have

extremely important / vital / crucial / essential

to charge / to demand payment

firmly set on doing sth / to insist on doing / determined in one's course of action

requirement / necessary condition (math)

nevertheless

influential figure / powerful person

will / shall / to be going to

asking price / to ask a price / to demand terms (in negotiations)

either ... / or ...

important political leader / government dignitary

unimportant / not serious / it doesn't matter / never mind / it looks all right, but

or / either one or the other

strategically situated and easy to defend / strategic location

the key trick / the secret of success

stronghold / fort / fortification

urgent and important moment (idiom); critical juncture

to insist on doing sth / must do it, despite everything

to threaten / to blackmail

major criminal

to beg (for food or money)

key task / important affair

good / fine

to intercept / to ambush

see 愛面子｜爱面子

if only / so long as / (contraction of 只 and 要)

(Tw) (slang) don't / must not / won't do / (from Taiwanese 毋通, Tai-lo pr. [m̄-thang], similar to Mandarin 不要 or 不行)

inessential / unnecessary

to ask for / to request / to demand

to restrict / to agree to a contract / offer / bid

to demand repayment / to collect debt

basic necessity / fundamental need

to the point / concise

key document / important condition / criterion / requirement / requisite / cornerstone

summary / abstract

Gaoyao county level city in Zhaoqing 肇慶｜肇庆, Guangdong

(dialect) don't / must not / (contraction of 不 and 要)

necessity

to go through hell for the sake of keeping up appearances (idiom)

intolerable / unacceptable

main aspects / essentials / gist

important person

claim to rights (copyright, patent etc)

variant of 邀功

vital part / (fig.) key point / crucial

terribly / awfully / desperately

urgent

prominent / eminent / important person / notable / dignitary

Sun Simiao (c. 581-682), doctor and herbalist of the Sui and Tang dynasty, author of Prescriptions Worth a Thousand in Gold 千金要方

dinner invitations, grabbing, obstructing and demanding bribes / all kinds of abuse of power

abstract / gist / main points

main plan / important program