Results for “要”

strategic location / important hub / key post / prominent position

roughly / outline / summary

important substance (of a document) / key section

(it) depends on ...

the main points

(coll.) to have a sense of shame

important thing / crucial thing

important book

(coll.) unbearable (Shanghainese)

significant role / major figure

to explain in simple terms / succinct / concise

the key trick / the secret of success

to ask an enormous price (as first negotiating step)

to demand repayment / to collect debt

important road / main thoroughfare / fig. key position

major road / thoroughfare / main road

to charge / to demand payment

strategic pass

see 愛面子|爱面子[ài miàn zi]

to get whatever one wants / to have everything going one's way

to fail to grasp the main points

don't insist on only taking one road to Rome (idiom) / there's more than one way to skin a cat

to insist on doing sth / must do it, despite everything

(logic) necessary and sufficient condition

if you live a life of crime, sooner or later you'll pay for it

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

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

essential / extremely important

influential figure / powerful person

see 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 r pǎo , yòu yào mǎ r bù chī cǎo]

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

If you work at it hard enough, you can grind an iron bar into a needle. / 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 / to study diligently

dinner invitations, grabbing, obstructing and demanding bribes / all kinds of abuse of power

basic necessity / fundamental need

abstract / gist / main points

(lit.) the heavens will rain, and widowed mothers will remarry (saying) / (fig.) some things are inevitable

to be about to

to need / must

(logic) necessary condition

urgent