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  *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
important; significant; major
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
huge; great; grand; worthy of the greatest admiration; important (contribution etc)
HSK 3
great / important / major / significant
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *计* | 计* | *计
to calculate / to compute / to count / to regard as important / to plan / ruse / meter / gauge
HSK 7-9
important / urgent
HSK 7-9
best feature / most important part of an object / quintessence / essence / soul
HSK 7-9
deed / past achievement / important event of the past
HSK 7-9
the most important / of chief importance
HSK 7-9
to regard as important; to value
HSK 7-9
(sports) heavyweight class / (fig.) important; major; prominent; influential
HSK 7-9
extremely important / vital / crucial / essential
HSK 7-9
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"
important official or statesman (in feudal China)
greatest / most important
strong card / honor card (card games) / very popular or successful person / self-important
important news story / headline
(in former times) to escort the emperor (or other important personage) / (nowadays) to escort sb (usually jocular)
the important and the less important / primary and secondary
residence (of sb rich or important) / mansion
main; most important; essential / important part
ancient office title / rich and important person
(coll.) self-important / puffed up
to serve (an important personage) / attendant; retainer
important minister / major figure in government
key task / important affair
key document / important condition / criterion / requirement / requisite / cornerstone
slight or important, urgent or non-urgent (idiom); to deal with important matters first / sense of priority
important political leader / government dignitary
to count numbers / to keep to one's word / to hold (i.e. to remain valid) / to count (i.e. to be important)
to endure humiliation as part of an important mission (idiom); to suffer in silence
to stand above / to occupy an important position / to rank (among the top few)
important matter
great / very important
key job / important position
to avoid the important and dwell on the trivial / to keep silent about major charges while admitting minor ones
extremely important / no small matter
to offer a libation / person who performs the libation before a banquet / senior member of a profession / important government post in imperial China
to think too much of oneself / self-important / arrogant
main plan / important program
in short supply / dire / tense / critical / hard-pressed / important
major festival / important matter / major principle / high moral character
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
to prattle on self-importantly (idiom)
important
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
prudent; cautious / to be in charge of ritual ceremonies / to hold an important office
to omit (less important details etc)
vitally important / a matter of life and death
essential / extremely important
important road / main thoroughfare / fig. key position
important classic text / severe laws
important substance (of a document) / key section
first / most important; primary; foremost
strategic location; important hub / key post; prominent position
Rank (name) / Leopold von Ranke (1795-1886), important German historian
He Long (1896-1969), important communist military leader, died from persecution during the Cultural Revolution
appointment to an important post
to make sense / to have meaning / to have significance / meaningful / significant / worthwhile / important / interesting
important general / generalissimo
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
Baidi town in Chongqing 重慶|重庆, north of the Changjiang, an important tourist attraction
to highlight or underline an important point
to appear in sb's show / (fig.) to give one's support to an endeavor by taking on an important role in it
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
(literary) to entrust (sb) with an important task
fake important personage / sham
(literary) key location / key post (important job)
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
Bai Chongxi (1893-1966), a leader of Guangxi warlord faction, top Nationalist general, played important role in Chiang Kaishek's campaigns 1926-1949
ODA Nobunaga (1534-1582), Japanese shogun (warlord), played an important role in unifying Japan
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
person in power / important official
to cut a long story short / a brief treatment of a complicated subject / fig. to treat an important question as a minor matter
Rong Yiren (1916-2005), PRC Vice President from 1993-1998, played an important role in opening Chinese economy to Western investors
National Key Disciplines (disciplines recognized as important and supported by PRC central government, including medicine, science, chemistry, engineering, commerce and law)
"Collection of the Most Important Military Techniques", book published in 1044 during the Northern Song Dynasty
of all virtues filial piety is most important (idiom)
important governmental or administrative matter
important thing / crucial thing
important book
not important / of no consequence
Five ghosts mock the judge, or Five ghosts resist judgment (title of folk opera, idiom); important personage mobbed by a crowd of ne'er-do-wells
(of a role) arduous / important / (a vehicle's) loading capacity
to put on airs / self-important / high and mighty
to talk idly about important matters (idiom) / to set the world to rights / to pass judgment on everything
an important matter (sth work-related or productive etc)
to regard face as all-important / to consider loss of face unthinkable
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)
Ulanhu (1906-1988), Soviet-trained Mongolian communist who became important PRC military leader
to regard decapitation as no more important than the wind blowing off your hat (idiom)
urgent and important moment (idiom); critical juncture
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
to think highly of oneself (idiom); giving oneself airs / arrogant and self-important
to think highly of oneself (idiom); giving oneself airs / arrogant and self-important
important person
important path
important hub; key position

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