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须要
xū yào
Pinyin
Definition
须要
-
xū yào
must
have to
Character Decomposition
须
彡
页
要
覀
女
Related Words
(20)
要
yāo
1
to demand
2
to request
3
to coerce
主要
zhǔ yào
1
main
2
principal
3
major
4
primary
只要
zhǐ yào
1
if only
2
so long as
必要
bì yào
1
necessary
2
essential
3
indispensable
4
required
想要
xiǎng yào
1
to want to
2
to feel like
3
to fancy
4
to care for sb
5
desirous of
要是
yào shi
1
(coll.) if
要求
yāo qiú
1
to request
2
to require
3
requirement
4
to stake a claim
5
to ask
6
to demand
7
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要么
yào me
1
or
2
either one or the other
重要
zhòng yào
1
important
2
significant
3
major
需要
xū yào
1
to need
2
to want
3
to demand
4
to require
5
requirement
6
need
偏要
piān yào
1
to insist on doing sth
2
must do it, despite everything
切要
qiè yào
1
essential
2
extremely important
势要
shì yào
1
influential figure
2
powerful person
大要
dà yào
1
abstract
2
gist
3
main points
得要
děi yào
1
to need
2
must
必要性
bì yào xìng
1
necessity
快要
kuài yào
1
almost
2
nearly
3
almost all
急要
jí yào
1
urgent
扼要
è yào
1
to the point
2
concise
提要
tí yào
1
summary
2
abstract
Idioms
(11)
不要在一棵树上吊死
bù yào zài yī kē shù shàng diào sǐ
1
don't insist on only taking one road to Rome (idiom)
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
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
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
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
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
只要功夫深,铁杵磨成针
zhǐ yào gōng fu shēn , tiě chǔ mó chéng zhēn
1
If you work at it hard enough, you can grind an iron bar into a needle.
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
to study diligently
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
正中要害
zhèng zhòng yào hài
1
to hit the nail on the head (idiom)
死要面子活受罪
sǐ yào miàn zi huó shòu zuì
1
to go through hell for the sake of keeping up appearances (idiom)
简明扼要
jiǎn míng è yào
1
brief and to the point (idiom)
2
succinct
紧要关头
jǐn yào guān tóu
1
urgent and important moment (idiom); critical juncture
若要人不知,除非己莫为
ruò yào rén bù zhī , chú fēi jǐ mò wéi
1
If you don't want anyone to know, don't do it (idiom). fig. If you do something bad, people will inevitably hear about it.
Sample Sentences
须要
xūyào
(adverb) must do/have/verb
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必须要
bìxūyào
(adverb verb) have to verb something
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