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HSK
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
will / shall / to be going to
HSK 2
nearly at the point of (doing sth); about to (do sth)
HSK 2
don't!; must not
HSK 2
main; principal; major; primary
HSK 2
to need; to want; to demand; to require / needs
HSK 3
necessary / essential / indispensable / required
HSK 3
will / shall / to be going to
HSK 5
extremely important / vital / crucial / essential
HSK 7-9
the most important / of chief importance
HSK 7-9
concise / brief
HSK 7-9
indifferent / insignificant
HSK 7-9
outline / essential points
HSK 7-9
to want absolutely; to insist on (doing sth)
outline
to be just about to / to be on the point of
must; have to
dynastic records of imperial China
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *要* | 要* | *要
(bound form) to demand; to coerce
(attributive) (of a person) involved in sensitive, confidential work; (of information) secret; classified
critical / crucial / vital
abstract / gist / main points
minutes / written summary of a meeting
firmly set on doing sth / to insist on doing / determined in one's course of action
secondary
summary / abstract
to the point / concise
urgent
to ask for / to request / to demand
to insist on doing sth / must do it, despite everything
important political leader / government dignitary
influential figure / powerful person
(literary) key location / key post (important job)
to want to / to feel like / to fancy / to care for sb / desirous of
essential / extremely important
needless; unnecessary
dinner invitations, grabbing, obstructing and demanding bribes / all kinds of abuse of power
to be about to
to need / must
must
"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
basic necessity / fundamental need
summary / abstract
"Collection of the Most Important Military Techniques", book published in 1044 during the Northern Song Dynasty
brief and to the point (idiom) / succinct
nevertheless
so long as / provided that
strategically situated and easy to defend / strategic location
inessential / unnecessary
prominent; eminent / important person; notable; dignitary


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