说话要算数
shuō huà yào suàn shù
Pinyin

Definition

说话要算数
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shuō huà yào suàn shù
  1. promises must be kept

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

要
yāo
  1. 1 to demand
  2. 2 to request
  3. 3 to coerce
主要
zhǔ yào
  1. 1 main
  2. 2 principal
  3. 3 major
  4. 4 primary
只要
zhǐ yào
  1. 1 if only
  2. 2 so long as
就算
jiù suàn
  1. 1 granted that
  2. 2 even if
必要
bì yào
  1. 1 necessary
  2. 2 essential
  3. 3 indispensable
  4. 4 required
想要
xiǎng yào
  1. 1 to want to
  2. 2 to feel like
  3. 3 to fancy
  4. 4 to care for sb
  5. 5 desirous of
打算
dǎ suàn
  1. 1 to plan
  2. 2 to intend
  3. 3 to calculate
  4. 4 plan
  5. 5 intention
  6. 6 calculation
  7. 7 CL:個|个[gè]
算
suàn
  1. 1 to regard as
  2. 2 to figure
  3. 3 to calculate
  4. 4 to compute
算是
suàn shì
  1. 1 considered to be
  2. 2 at last
总算
zǒng suàn
  1. 1 at long last
  2. 2 finally
  3. 3 on the whole
要是
yào shi
  1. 1 (coll.) if
要求
yāo qiú
  1. 1 to request
  2. 2 to require
  3. 3 requirement
  4. 4 to stake a claim
  5. 5 to ask
  6. 6 to demand
  7. 7 CL:點|点[diǎn]
要么
yào me
  1. 1 or
  2. 2 either one or the other
计算
jì suàn
  1. 1 to count
  2. 2 to calculate
  3. 3 to compute
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
重要
zhòng yào
  1. 1 important
  2. 2 significant
  3. 3 major
需要
xū yào
  1. 1 to need
  2. 2 to want
  3. 3 to demand
  4. 4 to require
  5. 5 requirement
  6. 6 need
上算
shàng suàn
  1. 1 to be worthwhile
  2. 2 to be worth it
估算
gū suàn
  1. 1 assessment
  2. 2 evaluation
偏要
piān yào
  1. 1 to insist on doing sth
  2. 2 must do it, despite everything
切要
qiè yào
  1. 1 essential
  2. 2 extremely important

Idioms (20)

不要在一棵树上吊死
bù yào zài yī kē shù shàng diào sǐ
  1. 1 don't insist on only taking one road to Rome (idiom)
  2. 2 there's more than one way to skin a cat
刀不磨要生锈，人不学要落后
dāo bù mó yào shēng xiù , rén bù xué yào luò hòu
  1. 1 a blade will get rusty if it is not sharpened; a man will fall behind if he doesn't study (idiom)
切中要害
qiè zhòng yào hài
  1. 1 to hit the target and do real damage (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to hit where it hurts
  3. 3 fig. to hit home
  4. 4 an argument that hits the nail on the head
又要马儿跑，又要马儿不吃草
yòu yào mǎ r5 pǎo , yòu yào mǎ r5 bù chī cǎo
  1. 1 lit. you can't expect the horse to run fast but not let it graze (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. you can't have your cake and eat it, too
只要功夫深，铁杵磨成针
zhǐ yào gōng fu shēn , tiě chǔ mó chéng zhēn
  1. 1 If you work at it hard enough, you can grind an iron bar into a needle.
  2. 2 cf idiom 磨杵成針|磨杵成针, to grind an iron bar down to a fine needle (idiom); fig. to persevere in a difficult task
  3. 3 to study diligently
天要落雨，娘要嫁人
tiān yào luò yǔ , niáng yào jià rén
  1. 1 the rain will fall, the womenfolk will marry (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. the natural order of things
  3. 3 something you can't go against
巴前算后
bā qián suàn hòu
  1. 1 thinking and pondering (idiom); to turn sth over in one's mind
  2. 2 to consider repeatedly
打小算盘
dǎ xiǎo suàn pán
  1. 1 lit. to count on a narrow abacus (idiom); petty and scheming selfishly
  2. 2 concerned with petty interests
  3. 3 selfish and uncaring of the interests of others
  4. 4 bean counter
正中要害
zhèng zhòng yào hài
  1. 1 to hit the nail on the head (idiom)
死要面子活受罪
sǐ yào miàn zi huó shòu zuì
  1. 1 to go through hell for the sake of keeping up appearances (idiom)
满打满算
mǎn dǎ mǎn suàn
  1. 1 taking everything into account (idiom)
  2. 2 when all is said and done
神机妙算
shén jī miào suàn
  1. 1 divine strategy and wonderful planning (idiom)
  2. 2 clever scheme
  3. 3 supremely clever in his schemes
秋后算帐
qiū hòu suàn zhàng
  1. 1 lit. settling accounts after the autumn harvest (idiom); to wait until the time is ripe to settle accounts
  2. 2 to bide time for revenge
秋后算账
qiū hòu suàn zhàng
  1. 1 lit. to settle accounts after autumn
  2. 2 settle scores at an opportune moment (idiom)
简明扼要
jiǎn míng è yào
  1. 1 brief and to the point (idiom)
  2. 2 succinct
精打细算
jīng dǎ xì suàn
  1. 1 meticulous planning and careful accounting (idiom)
紧要关头
jǐn yào guān tóu
  1. 1 urgent and important moment (idiom); critical juncture
老谋深算
lǎo móu shēn suàn
  1. 1 rigorous schemes and deep foresight (idiom); astute and circumspect
胸有成算
xiōng yǒu chéng suàn
  1. 1 the hero has plans already laid (idiom); to have plans ready in advance
  2. 2 forewarned is forearmed
能写善算
néng xiě shàn suàn
  1. 1 to be literate and numerate (idiom)

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