要么 (要麼)
yào me
Pinyin

Definition

要么 (要麼)
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yào me
  1. or
  2. either one or the other

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
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

Idioms (11)

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 r pǎo , yòu yào mǎ r 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

Sample Sentences

要么恶性循环，要么事倍功半。
yàome èxìngxúnhuán ，yàome shìbèigōngbàn 。
It is either a negative feedback loop (a vicious cycle), or getting half of the results from twice the effort.
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遇到像老Q样擅长刁难揩油的，就不好好给你解释，让你把腿跑细，跑到心灰意冷，要么放弃办理，要么给他送礼；
yùdào xiàng lǎo Q yàng shàncháng diāonàn kāiyóu de ，jiù bù hǎohǎo gěi nǐ jiěshì ，ràng nǐ bǎ tuǐ pǎo xì ，pǎo dào xīnhuīyìlěng ，yàome fàngqì bànlǐ ，yàome gěi tā sònglǐ ；
such as meeting someone like Old Q, who wouldn't take time to explain things to you, who is good at making things difficult in order to take advantage of you. He lets you run your legs off, run until you are disappointed, until you either give up or give gifts to him;
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要么搞几个大型的活动。
yàome to do jǐ ge dàxíng de huódòng 。
How about we put on a few big events?
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咱俩真是同病相怜！要么我们租吧！
zánliǎ zhēn shì tóngbìngxiānglián ！yàome wǒmen zū ba ！
So the two of us are in the same boat! Let's rent one!
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能怎么办啊？我们没钱了。要么走路回去，要么搭好心人的车回去。
néng zěnme bàn a ？wǒmen méi qián le 。yàome zǒu lù huíqù ，yàome dā hǎoxīnrén de chē huíqù 。
What can we do? We don't have any money. Either we walk back or we get some kind-hearted soul to give us a ride back.
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不会吧？那还有人买啊？要么买这个？铁锅？
bùhuì ba ？nà hái yǒu rén mǎi a ？yàome mǎi zhè gè ？tiě guō ？
No way! Then how are people still buying them? Or should we buy this one? An iron wok?
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要么这家吃过桥米线的。
yàome zhè jiā chī guòqiáomǐxiàn de 。
Or this place to eat rice noodle soup.
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真受不了这些人，要么不放回去，要么一个人拿很多，害得别人没东西练。
zhēn shòubuliǎo zhèxiē rén ，yàome bù fànghuíqù ，yàome yī gè rén ná hěn duō ，hài de biérén méi dōngxi liàn 。
I really can't stand these people. Either they don't put them back or they take more than they need, making it so other people can't use them.
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嗯，在美国的确很多人认为中国人普遍比较小气，给小费很抠门，要么索性不给。
ng ，zài Měiguó díquè hěn duō rén rènwéi Zhōngguórén pǔbiàn bǐjiào xiǎoqì ，gěi xiǎofèi hěn kōumén ，yàome suǒxìng bù gěi 。
Well, actually in America many people consider Chinese people to generally be pretty cheap and are stingy about giving tips. You might as well not give them, right?
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要么做一些户外广告？
yàome zuò yīxiē hùwài guǎnggào ？
How about advertising in public places?
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