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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *要* | 要* | *要
to want; to need; to ask for / will; shall; about to / need to; should / if (same as 要是) / (bound form) important
HSK 1
important; significant; major
HSK 1
to request / to require / requirement / to stake a claim / to ask / to demand / CL: 點|点
HSK 2
don't!; must not
HSK 2
will / shall / to be going to
HSK 2
main; principal; major; primary
HSK 2
so long as; provided; if
HSK 2
nearly at the point of (doing sth); about to (do sth)
HSK 2
to need; to want; to demand; to require / needs
HSK 3
necessary / essential / indispensable / required
HSK 3
(coll.) if
HSK 3
unimportant / not serious / it doesn't matter / never mind / it looks all right, but
HSK 4
will / shall / to be going to
HSK 5
to be on good terms / to be close friends / striving for self-improvement
HSK 6
or / either one or the other
HSK 6
otherwise / or else / or
HSK 6
essential factor / key constituent
HSK 6
vital part / (fig.) key point / crucial
HSK 7-9
main point / essential
HSK 7-9
main aspects / essentials / gist
HSK 7-9
concise / brief
HSK 7-9
outline / essential points
HSK 7-9
important / urgent
HSK 7-9
the most important / of chief importance
HSK 7-9
indifferent / insignificant
HSK 7-9
eager to excel / eager to get ahead in life / strong-minded
HSK 7-9
to cause sb's death / extremely; terribly / (used in complaining about sth) to be a nuisance
HSK 7-9
if it were not for / but for
HSK 7-9
otherwise / or else / how about...? / either... (or...)
HSK 7-9
extremely important / vital / crucial / essential
HSK 7-9
key job / important position
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *要* | 要* | *要
(bound form) to demand; to coerce
summary / abstract
important path
minutes / written summary of a meeting
requirement / necessary condition (math)
(attributive) (of a person) involved in sensitive, confidential work; (of information) secret; classified
to restrict / to agree to a contract / offer; bid
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.
the essentials
important news story / headline
stronghold / fort / fortification
summary / abstract
dynastic records of imperial China
outline
brief and to the point (idiom) / succinct
to have no sense of shame; shameless
to be just about to / to be on the point of
to threaten / to blackmail
critical / crucial / vital
key task / important affair
to ask a price; to charge / (fig.) to attach conditions (in negotiations)
key document / important condition / criterion / requirement / requisite / cornerstone
important political leader / government dignitary
major road / thoroughfare / main road
to ask for / to request / to demand
strategic location
important matter
roughly / outline / summary
to demand repayment / to collect debt
major criminal
the key trick / the secret of success
road hub / major crossroad
secondary
to beg (for food or money)
to the point / concise
half dead / more dead than alive
main plan / important program
to need / to require / must have
to fail to grasp the main points
key participant / VIP
(coll.) to have a sense of shame
the gist (of a text or argument) / the main points
good / fine
the main points
to explain in simple terms / succinct / concise
essential / extremely important
Essential skill to benefit the people, sixth century encyclopedia of agricultural knowledge by Jia Sixie 賈思勰|贾思勰
important road / main thoroughfare / fig. key position
claim to rights (copyright, patent etc)
urgent
strategic pass
important substance (of a document) / key section
to be about to
nevertheless
strategic location; important hub / key post; prominent position
influential figure / powerful person
to want absolutely; to insist on (doing sth)
to want to / to feel like / to fancy / to care for sb / desirous of
in brief / in a word
needless; unnecessary
firmly set on doing sth / to insist on doing / determined in one's course of action
necessity
to hit the target and do real damage (idiom) / fig. to hit where it hurts / fig. to hit home / an argument that hits the nail on the head
to insist on doing sth / must do it, despite everything
must
as for / when it comes to
straw rope
Prescriptions Worth a Thousand in Gold, early Tang compendium of herbal medicine by Sun Simiao 孫思邈|孙思邈
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