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HSK
main; principal; major; primary
HSK 2
don't!; must not
HSK 2
important; significant; major
HSK 1
unimportant / not serious / it doesn't matter / never mind / it looks all right, but
HSK 4
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
will / shall / to be going to
HSK 5
needless; unnecessary
to be on good terms / to be close friends / striving for self-improvement
HSK 6
must
outline / essential points
HSK 7-9
strategic pass
dinner invitations, grabbing, obstructing and demanding bribes / all kinds of abuse of power
indifferent / insignificant
HSK 7-9
otherwise / or else / or
HSK 6
otherwise / or else / how about...? / either... (or...)
HSK 7-9
requirement / necessary condition (math)
main point / essential
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
eager to excel / eager to get ahead in life / strong-minded
HSK 7-9
if it were not for / but for
HSK 7-9
essential factor / key constituent
HSK 6
main aspects / essentials / gist
HSK 7-9
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
summary / abstract
extremely important / vital / crucial / 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
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
main plan / important program
to be about to
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 most important / of chief importance
HSK 7-9
takeover bid
important / urgent
HSK 7-9
major road / thoroughfare / main road
(proverb) a blade will get rusty if it is not sharpened; a man will fall behind if he doesn't study
If you work at it hard enough, you can grind an iron bar into a needle. / cf idiom 磨杵成針|磨杵成针, to grind an iron bar down to a fine needle (idiom); fig. to persevere in a difficult task / to study diligently
to need / must
to ask for / to request / to demand
brief and to the point (idiom) / succinct
to go through hell for the sake of keeping up appearances (idiom)
abstract / gist / main points
key document / important condition / criterion / requirement / requisite / cornerstone
good / fine
strategically situated and easy to defend / strategic location
the gist (of a text or argument) / the main points
vital part / (fig.) key point / crucial
HSK 7-9
minutes / written summary of a meeting
to speak one's mind
to hit the nail on the head (idiom)
to be just about to / to be on the point of
(coll.) to respond with arrogance or disrespect when shown courtesy; to abuse sb's goodwill
the key trick / the secret of success
to have no sense of shame; shameless
stronghold / fort / fortification
important news story / headline
outline
critical / crucial / vital
urgent and important moment (idiom); critical juncture
to ask a price; to charge / (fig.) to attach conditions (in negotiations)
to beg (for food or money)
A debt of blood must be paid in blood. / Blood calls for blood.
half dead / more dead than alive
(it) depends on ...
significant role / major figure
to get whatever one wants / to have everything going one's way
(coll.) to have a sense of shame
don't insist on only taking one road to Rome (idiom) / there's more than one way to skin a cat
important person
nevertheless
either ... / or ...
secondary
important thing / crucial thing
important book
to explain in simple terms / succinct / concise
concise / brief
HSK 7-9
strategic point
necessary and sufficient condition
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
important political leader / government dignitary
(attributive) (of a person) involved in sensitive, confidential work; (of information) secret; classified
A debt of blood must be paid in blood. / Blood calls for blood.

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