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HSK
important; significant; major
HSK 1
huge; great; grand; worthy of the greatest admiration; important (contribution etc)
HSK 3
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
to have spare time / free from work / it's not important / it's nothing / never mind
HSK 1
important point; main point; focus / key (project etc) / to focus on; to put the emphasis on
HSK 2
great / important / major / significant
HSK 3
to regard as important; to value
HSK 7-9
the important and the less important / primary and secondary
deed / past achievement / important event of the past
HSK 7-9
best feature / most important part of an object / quintessence / essence / soul
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *丧* | 丧* | *丧
to lose sth abstract but important (courage, authority, one's life etc) / to be bereaved of (one's spouse etc) / to die / disappointed / discouraged
safe places for storing important articles
important general / generalissimo
extremely important / vital / crucial / essential
HSK 7-9
to put in an important position
residence (of sb rich or important) / mansion
slight or important, urgent or non-urgent (idiom); to deal with important matters first / sense of priority / also written 輕重緩急|轻重缓急
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *计* | 计* | *计
to calculate / to compute / to count / to regard as important / to plan / ruse / meter / gauge
HSK 7-9
strategic location; important hub / key post; prominent position
to make sense / to have meaning / to have significance / meaningful / significant / worthwhile / important / interesting
important / urgent
HSK 7-9
(sports) heavyweight class / (fig.) important; major; prominent; influential
HSK 7-9
to regard face as all-important / to consider loss of face unthinkable
important
Duke of Zhou (11th c. BC), son of King Wen of Zhou 周文王, played an important role as regent in founding the Western Zhou 西周, and is also known as the "God of Dreams"
to endure humiliation as part of an important mission (idiom); to suffer in silence
the most important / of chief importance
HSK 7-9
to highlight or underline an important point
slight or important, urgent or non-urgent (idiom); to deal with important matters first / sense of priority
strong card / honor card (card games) / very popular or successful person / self-important
appointment to an important post
key document / important condition / criterion / requirement / requisite / cornerstone
fake important personage / sham
(of a role) arduous / important / (a vehicle's) loading capacity
to prattle on self-importantly (idiom)
prominent; eminent / important person; notable; dignitary
to appear in sb's show / (fig.) to give one's support to an endeavor by taking on an important role in it
great / very important
in short supply / dire / tense / critical / hard-pressed / important
important news story / headline
first / most important; primary; foremost
to talk idly about important matters (idiom) / to set the world to rights / to pass judgment on everything
of all virtues filial piety is most important (idiom)
the state of Chu, one of the most important of the small states contending for power in China between 770 and 223 BC, located around present-day Hubei
to serve (an important personage) / attendant; retainer
(literary) to entrust (sb) with an important task
it's not important / it's nothing / never mind / to have nothing to do / to be free / to be all right (out of danger or trouble)
He Long (1896-1969), important communist military leader, died from persecution during the Cultural Revolution
(coll.) self-important / puffed up
to think highly of oneself (idiom); giving oneself airs / arrogant and self-important
major festival / important matter / major principle / high moral character
important person
Baidi town in Chongqing 重慶|重庆, north of the Changjiang, an important tourist attraction
important classic text / severe laws
main; most important; essential / important part
important official or statesman (in feudal China)
important book
important minister / major figure in government
to regard decapitation as no more important than the wind blowing off your hat (idiom)
essential / extremely important
ancient office title / rich and important person
important matter
extremely important / no small matter
(literary) key location / key post (important job)
important political leader / government dignitary
ODA Nobunaga (1534-1582), Japanese shogun (warlord), played an important role in unifying Japan
to avoid the important and dwell on the trivial / to keep silent about major charges while admitting minor ones
to think too much of oneself / self-important / arrogant
key task / important affair
lit. to have eyes but fail to recognize Mt Tai (idiom) / fig. to fail to recognize sb important or sb's great talent / to be blind to the fact
to think highly of oneself (idiom); giving oneself airs / arrogant and self-important
vitally important / a matter of life and death
(in former times) to escort the emperor (or other important personage) / (nowadays) to escort sb (usually jocular)
an important matter (sth work-related or productive etc)
"Collection of the Most Important Military Techniques", book published in 1044 during the Northern Song Dynasty
Rank (name) / Leopold von Ranke (1795-1886), important German historian
lit. not knowing what's important (idiom); no appreciation of the gravity of things / naive / doesn't know who's who / no sense of priorities
to put on airs / self-important / high and mighty
important road / main thoroughfare / fig. key position
to omit (less important details etc)
to cut a long story short / a brief treatment of a complicated subject / fig. to treat an important question as a minor matter
National Key Disciplines (disciplines recognized as important and supported by PRC central government, including medicine, science, chemistry, engineering, commerce and law)
urgent and important moment (idiom); critical juncture
important hub; key position
to count numbers / to keep to one's word / to hold (i.e. to remain valid) / to count (i.e. to be important)
to invert the importance of things (i.e. stress the unimportant and neglect the important) / lacking a sense of perspective / to put the cart before the horse
prudent; cautious / to be in charge of ritual ceremonies / to hold an important office
important substance (of a document) / key section
important thing / crucial thing
important large scale project
to offer a libation / person who performs the libation before a banquet / senior member of a profession / important government post in imperial China
main plan / important program
greatest / most important
person in power / important official
Amédée Courbet (1826-1885), a French admiral who won a series of important land and naval victories during the Tonkin campaign and the Sino-French War
Bai Chongxi (1893-1966), a leader of Guangxi warlord faction, top Nationalist general, played important role in Chiang Kaishek's campaigns 1926-1949
key job / important position
Ulanhu (1906-1988), Soviet-trained Mongolian communist who became important PRC military leader
Rong Yiren (1916-2005), PRC Vice President from 1993-1998, played an important role in opening Chinese economy to Western investors
important path

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