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权利要求 | 權利要求

quán lì yāo qiú

1 claim to rights (copyright, patent etc)

要言不烦 | 要言不煩

yào yán bù fán

1 to explain in simple terms
2 succinct
3 concise

说话要算数 | 說話要算數

shuō huà yào suàn shù

1 promises must be kept

要加牛奶

yào jiā niú nǎi

1 with milk
2 white (of tea, coffee etc)

要死要活

yào sǐ yào huó

1 terribly
2 awfully
3 desperately

又要马儿跑，又要马儿不吃草 | 又要馬兒跑，又要馬兒不吃草

yòu yào mǎ r pǎo , yòu yào mǎ r bù chī cǎo

1 lit. you can't expect the horse to run fast but not let it graze (idiom)
2 fig. you can't have your cake and eat it, too

又要马儿好，又要马儿不吃草 | 又要馬兒好，又要馬兒不吃草

yòu yào mǎ r hǎo , yòu yào mǎ r bù chī cǎo

1 又要馬兒跑，又要馬兒不吃草|又要马儿跑，又要马儿不吃草[yòu yào mǎ r5 pǎo
2 yòu yào mǎ r5 bù chī cǎo]

要风得风，要雨得雨 | 要風得風，要雨得雨

yào fēng dé fēng , yào yǔ dé yǔ

1 to get whatever one wants
2 to have everything going one's way

既要当婊子又要立牌坊 | 既要當婊子又要立牌坊

jì yào dāng biǎo zi yòu yào lì pái fāng

1 see also: 又想当婊子又想立牌坊 yòu xiǎng dāng biǎo zi yòu xiǎng lì pái fāng

收购要约 | 收購要約

shōu gòu yāo yuē

1 takeover bid

天要落雨，娘要嫁人

tiān yào luò yǔ , niáng yào jià rén

1 the rain will fall, the womenfolk will marry (idiom)
2 fig. the natural order of things
3 something you can't go against

不要紧 | 不要緊

bù yào jǐn

1 unimportant
2 not serious
3 it doesn't matter
4 never mind
5 it looks all right, but

高要市

Gāo yào shì

1 Gaoyao county level city in Zhaoqing 肇慶|肇庆[Zhào qìng], Guangdong

非必要

fēi bì yào

1 inessential
2 unnecessary

必要性

bì yào xìng

1 necessity

基本需要

jī běn xū yào

1 basic necessity
2 fundamental need

切中要害

qiè zhòng yào hài

1 to hit the target and do real damage (idiom)
2 fig. to hit where it hurts
3 fig. to hit home
4 an argument that hits the nail on the head

要死不活

yào sǐ bù huó

1 half dead
2 more dead than alive

刀不磨要生锈，人不学要落后 | 刀不磨要生銹，人不學要落後

dāo bù mó yào shēng xiù , rén bù xué yào luò hòu

1 a blade will get rusty if it is not sharpened; a man will fall behind if he doesn't study (idiom)

有话要说 | 有話要說

yǒu huà yào shuō

1 to speak one's mind