将要 (將要)
jiāng yào
Pinyin
Definition
将要 (將要)
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- will
- shall
- to be going to
Character Decomposition
Idioms (11)
不要在一棵树上吊死
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
Sample Sentences
我敢说,如果我们的市场营销做得成功,这个数字将要至少翻一番。请记住,这个数字只针对投产第一年。
I would go so far as to say that if our marketing management is successful, this number could at least double. Please remember that this number is only aimed at the first year's production.
火车将要进站了。
The train will arrive at the station shortly.
电影将要开始了。
The movie is about to begin.
我在说将要发生的事情啊。玛雅人预言的世界末日,2012年12月几号来着?
I'm talking about something in the future. The Mayans prophesied that the world would end on some day in December of 2012.