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HSK
main; principal; major; primary
HSK 2
don't!; must not
HSK 2
unimportant / not serious / it doesn't matter / never mind / it looks all right, but
HSK 4
important; significant; major
HSK 1
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
so long as; provided; if
HSK 2
necessary / essential / indispensable / required
HSK 3
to need; to want; to demand; to require / needs
HSK 3
will / shall / to be going to
HSK 2
to request / to require / requirement / to stake a claim / to ask / to demand / CL: 點|点
HSK 2
nearly at the point of (doing sth); about to (do sth)
HSK 2
(coll.) if
HSK 3
needless; unnecessary
will / shall / to be going to
HSK 5
to be on good terms / to be close friends / striving for self-improvement
HSK 6
must
strategic pass
dinner invitations, grabbing, obstructing and demanding bribes / all kinds of abuse of power
otherwise / or else / or
HSK 6
otherwise / or else / how about...? / either... (or...)
HSK 7-9
as for / when it comes to
concise / brief
HSK 7-9
the rain will fall, the womenfolk will marry (idiom) / fig. the natural order of things / something you can't go against
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *要* | 要* | *要
(bound form) to demand; to coerce
brief introduction
extremely important / vital / crucial / essential
HSK 7-9
if it were not for / but for
HSK 7-9
main aspects / essentials / gist
HSK 7-9
essential factor / key constituent
HSK 6
to cause sb's death / extremely; terribly / (used in complaining about sth) to be a nuisance
HSK 7-9
strategic location; important hub / key post; prominent position
to ask for sky-high prices
requirement / necessary condition (math)
summary / abstract
important / urgent
HSK 7-9
main point / essential
HSK 7-9
or / either one or the other
HSK 6
to want to / to feel like / to fancy / to care for sb / desirous of
to regard face as all-important / to consider loss of face unthinkable
don't insist on only taking one road to Rome (idiom) / there's more than one way to skin a cat
to threaten / to blackmail
importance
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 be about to
indifferent / insignificant
HSK 7-9
the most important / of chief importance
HSK 7-9
appearance / manner
to fail to grasp the main points
strategic point
outline / essential points
HSK 7-9
eager to excel / eager to get ahead in life / strong-minded
HSK 7-9
major road / thoroughfare / main road
if you live a life of crime, sooner or later you'll pay for it
to need / must
to ask for / to request / to demand
claim to rights (copyright, patent etc)
to have no sense of shame; shameless
to go through hell for the sake of keeping up appearances (idiom)
abstract / gist / main points
key document / important condition / criterion / requirement / requisite / cornerstone
to ask a price; to charge / (fig.) to attach conditions (in negotiations)
good / fine
the gist (of a text or argument) / the main points
prominent; eminent / important person; notable; dignitary
vital part / (fig.) key point / crucial
HSK 7-9
dynastic records of imperial China
(coll.) to respond with arrogance or disrespect when shown courtesy; to abuse sb's goodwill
important news story / headline
to hit the nail on the head (idiom)
to be just about to / to be on the point of
to get whatever one wants / to have everything going one's way
takeover bid
stronghold / fort / fortification
outline
half dead / more dead than alive
(it) depends on ...
to restrict / to agree to a contract / offer; bid
significant role / major figure
important person
to speak one's mind
either ... / or ...
secondary
nevertheless
important book
essential / extremely important
summary / abstract
important matter
strategic location
to need / to require / must have
(literary) key location / key post (important job)
roughly / outline / summary
lit. you can't expect the horse to run fast but not let it graze (idiom) / fig. you can't have your cake and eat it, too
important political leader / government dignitary
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.
in brief / in a word
to charge / to demand payment
Necessity is the mother of invention (European proverb).
inessential / unnecessary
to know no shame / to be totally shameless

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