| | to want; to need; to ask for / will; shall; about to / need to; should / if (same as 要是) / (bound form) important | HSK 1 |
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| | need not | HSK 1 |
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| | to need; to want; to demand; to require / needs | HSK 3 |
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| | need not / does not have to / not necessarily | HSK 3 |
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| | to have to / must / ought to / to need to | HSK 4 |
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| | to need / to require / essential / indispensable | HSK 5 |
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| | to take; to pick (flowers, fruit etc); to pluck; to remove; to take off (glasses, hat etc) / to select; to pick out / to borrow money at a time of urgent need | HSK 5 |
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| | not need / have no use for | HSK 5 |
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| | solely engrossed in one thing / just (one thing, no need to worry about the rest) / simply / by all means / please feel free / do not hesitate (to ask for sth) | HSK 6 |
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| | to belong to / to be affiliated to / to fall under the jurisdiction of / a place where one feels that one belongs / one's final destination (where one need look no further) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | there is no need / why should | HSK 7-9 |
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| | servant / to employ sb for a job / to manage people / to be in need of staff | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to require / to need / to want / necessity / need | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to urgently need / urgent need | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to diminish; to subside / to consume; to reduce / to idle away (the time) / (after 不 or 只 or 何 etc) to need; to require; to take | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to wait / to treat / to deal with / to need / going to (do sth) / about to / intending to | HSK 7-9 |
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| | with everything needed available | HSK 7-9 |
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| | must / to need to / to be sure to | HSK 7-9 |
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| | need not / not obliged to / not necessarily | HSK 7-9 |
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| | timely / just (when needed) | |
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| | (of an airplane, ship, vehicle etc) to continue a journey without refueling / (of an electronic device, battery etc) to run before needing to be recharged | |
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| | (contraction of 不用) need not; please don't | |
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| | to need to answer the call of nature | |
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| | more hands than needed (idiom); too many cooks spoil the broth | |
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| | (said by departing guest) no need to see me out | |
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| | to urgently need / urgent need | |
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| | there is no need / why should | |
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| | special need / particular requirement | |
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| | to need sth urgently / urgently required | |
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| | a possible period of want or need | |
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| | lit. to send charcoal in snowy weather (idiom) / fig. to provide help in sb's hour of need | |
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| | (idiom) to waver when decisiveness is needed | |
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| | self-evident; needing no explanation (idiom) | |
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| | to only need / it only takes | |
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| | a friend in times of tribulations (idiom); a friend in need is a friend indeed | |
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| | no need for | |
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| | contraction of 勿用 / (dialect) need not / please don't | |
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| | to win without needing to even lift a finger / victory presented on a platter | |
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| | no need / need not | |
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| | old variant of 甭 / need not | |
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| | to shift resources into areas of need / to inject funds / to balance resources | |
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| | lit. everything is ready, all we need is an east wind (idiom) / fig. lacking only one tiny crucial item | |
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| | need not / unnecessary | |
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| | take the cream, discard the dross (political and educational slogan) / keep what is good, discard the rest / You need to be selective when studying. / In modernizing the country, don't accept uncritically all foreign ideas. | |
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| | Food is the God of the people. (idiom); People view food as the primary need. / Food first, ethical niceties second | |
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| | (cf Book of Songs) How to fashion an ax handle? You need an ax / fig. to follow a principle / fig. to act as matchmaker | |
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| | lit. when a man stands straight, he doesn't worry that his shadow is slanting (idiom) / fig. as long as one conducts oneself honorably, one need not worry about what people think; a clean hand wants no washing | |
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| | lit. family members speak frankly with one another, not courteously, as if they were from two different families (idiom) / fig. people don't need to be deferential when they ask a family member for help / people from the same family should stick together (and good friends likewise) | |
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| | a hint is all that is needed / understanding each other without the need to explain | |
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| | to not need / needless (to say) | |
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| | you're welcome / don't mention it / no need to stand on ceremony | |
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| | (jocular) to need to answer the call of nature | |
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| | to need the toilet / urinary or defecatory urgency | |
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| | to have no need to fend for oneself (idiom) / to lead a pampered life | |
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| | all we need is an east wind (idiom); lacking only one tiny crucial item | |
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| | proportion needed to approve a decision | |
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| | (Internet slang) it's nothing, there's no need to compliment | |
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| | basic necessity / fundamental need | |
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| | lit. as if having a fish bone stuck in one's throat (idiom) / fig. very upset and needing to express one's displeasure | |
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| | rich person's ailment (needing expensive treatment and long recuperation) | |
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| | (slang) pretext of needing to urinate (used to slip away to avoid having to do sth) | |
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| | to need / must | |
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| | (Taiwan usage) child in need of help (orphaned, abandoned, abused etc) | |
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| | to need urgently / to need doing without delay | |
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| | distribution according to need | |
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| | (cf Book of Songs) How to fashion an ax handle? You need an ax / fig. to follow a principle / fig. to act as matchmaker | |
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| | to fret over the worries of long-departed people (idiom); to worry unnecessarily / crying over spilt milk / often used with negatives, e.g. no need to worry about past issues | |
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| | to fret over the worries of long-departed people (idiom); to worry unnecessarily / crying over spilt milk / often used with negatives, e.g. no need to worry about past issues | |
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| | There is no need to boast about one's treasures. (idiom) | |
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| | to need a spanking | |
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| | It's all exaggeration, you don't need to take it seriously / a fuss about nothing / nothing to write home about | |
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| | needed / to come in useful | |
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| | not to delay making a decision when a decision is needed | |
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| | (coll.) to need a spanking | |
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| | a learned person need not leave his home to know what's going on in the world (idiom) | |
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| | a learned person need not leave his home to know what's going on in the world (idiom) | |
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| | lit. slow no aid to urgent (idiom); slow measures will not address a critical situation / too slow to meet a pressing need | |
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| | (of a bird) to fledge / (fig.) (of a person) to outgrow the need to be submissive to one's parents, mentor etc; to break away from the people who have supported one up to now | |
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| | everything is ready, all we need is an east wind (idiom) / lacking only one tiny crucial item / also written 萬事俱備, 只欠東風|万事俱备, 只欠东风 | |
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| | to need / to require / must have | |
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| | lit. distant water does not cure present thirst; fig. urgent need / a slow remedy does not address immediate needs | |
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| | fragrant wine fears no dark alley (idiom) / quality goods need no advertising | |
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