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HSK
to need; to want; to demand; to require / needs
HSK 3
to need / to require / essential / indispensable
HSK 5
only have ...; there is only ... / (used in combination with ) it is only if ... (that one can ...) (as in 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 (someone) who ... (as in 只有男性才有此需要 "only men would have such a requirement") / (used to express lack of alternatives) can only; have no choice but to (as in 只有屈服 "the only thing you can do is give in")
HSK 3
requirement / to require / (economics) demand
HSK 3
supply and demand
domestic demand
HSK 7-9
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  *需* | 需* | *需
to require / to need / to want / necessity / need
HSK 7-9
a possible period of want or need
special need / particular requirement
(Maslow's) hierarchy of needs (psychology)
each takes what he needs (idiom)
(economics) rigid demand; inelastic demand (abbr. for 剛性需求|刚性需求)
aggregate demand
aggregate social demand / total requirement of society
to urgently need / urgent need
HSK 7-9
publishing on demand
(environmental science) biochemical oxygen demand; BOD
military supplies
external demand (demand for a country's goods and services from foreign markets)
necessity / essential (thing)
to urgently need / urgent need
on demand; according to demand
life's necessities
(environmental science) chemical oxygen demand; COD
Necessity is the mother of invention (European proverb).
basic necessity / fundamental need
distribution according to need
needless
quartermaster
necessary (for) / required
inessential


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