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HSK
necessary / essential / indispensable / required
HSK 3
to have to / must / compulsory / necessarily
HSK 2
to need / to require / essential / indispensable
HSK 5
inevitable / certain / necessity
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *必* | 必* | *必
certainly / must / will / necessarily
HSK 5
to be bound to / to be sure to
HSK 7-9
must / have to
inevitably
HSK 6
required course; compulsory course
to be certain of victory / to be bound to prevail
(of an academic course) required / compulsory
HSK 6
requirement / necessary condition (math)
inevitable outcome / inescapable consequence
absolutely necessary / indispensable / essential
HSK 7-9
Bing (search engine)
necessity / essential (thing)
essential
Pizza Hut
(idiom) the road one must follow; the only way
unavoidable / the only (road, entrance etc)
will die for sure; to be a goner
terminal illness / incurable condition (also fig.)
BHP Billiton (Anglo-Australian mining corporation)
realm of necessity (philosophy)
necessity
(we) will be very grateful (if ...)
(gaming or wrestling) finishing move; finisher


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