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HSK
main; principal; major; primary
HSK 2
don't!; must not
HSK 2
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
nearly at the point of (doing sth); about to (do sth)
HSK 2
will / shall / to be going to
HSK 5
needless; unnecessary
must
outline / essential points
HSK 7-9
dinner invitations, grabbing, obstructing and demanding bribes / all kinds of abuse of power
indifferent / insignificant
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *要* | 要* | *要
(bound form) to demand; to coerce
summary / abstract
extremely important / vital / crucial / essential
HSK 7-9
to want to / to feel like / to fancy / to care for sb / desirous of
to be about to
the most important / of chief importance
HSK 7-9
to need / must
to ask for / to request / to demand
brief and to the point (idiom) / succinct
abstract / gist / main points
strategically situated and easy to defend / strategic location
minutes / written summary of a meeting
to be just about to / to be on the point of
outline
critical / crucial / vital
nevertheless
secondary
concise / brief
HSK 7-9
essential / extremely important
summary / abstract
(literary) key location / key post (important job)
important political leader / government dignitary
(attributive) (of a person) involved in sensitive, confidential work; (of information) secret; classified
inessential / unnecessary
basic necessity / fundamental need
firmly set on doing sth / to insist on doing / determined in one's course of action
to insist on doing sth / must do it, despite everything
dynastic records of imperial China
to want absolutely; to insist on (doing sth)
must; have to
urgent
"Collection of the Most Important Military Techniques", book published in 1044 during the Northern Song Dynasty
to the point / concise
so long as / provided that
"Summary of the Collection of Rhymes Old and New", supplemented and annotated Yuan dynasty version of the no-longer-extant late Song or early Yuan "Collection of Rhymes Old and New" 古今韻會|古今韵会
prominent; eminent / important person; notable; dignitary
influential figure / powerful person


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