要端
yào duān
Pinyin

Definition

要端
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yào duān
  1. the main points

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

yāo
  1. 1 to demand
  2. 2 to request
  3. 3 to coerce
zhǔ yào
  1. 1 main
  2. 2 principal
  3. 3 major
  4. 4 primary
zhǐ yào
  1. 1 if only
  2. 2 so long as
kè hù duān
  1. 1 client (computing)
bì yào
  1. 1 necessary
  2. 2 essential
  3. 3 indispensable
  4. 4 required
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
duān
  1. 1 end
  2. 2 extremity
  3. 3 item
  4. 4 port
  5. 5 to hold sth level with both hands
  6. 6 to carry
  7. 7 regular
yào shi
  1. 1 (coll.) if
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]
yào me
  1. 1 or
  2. 2 either one or the other
zhòng yào
  1. 1 important
  2. 2 significant
  3. 3 major
xū yào
  1. 1 to need
  2. 2 to want
  3. 3 to demand
  4. 4 to require
  5. 5 requirement
  6. 6 need
yī guō duān
  1. 1 see 連鍋端|连锅端 [lián guō duān]
bù duān
  1. 1 improper
  2. 2 dishonorable
shì duān
  1. 1 disturbance
  2. 2 incident
dī duān
  1. 1 low-end
piān yào
  1. 1 to insist on doing sth
  2. 2 must do it, despite everything
qiè yào
  1. 1 essential
  2. 2 extremely important
qián duān
  1. 1 front
  2. 2 front end
  3. 3 forward part of sth
shì yào
  1. 1 influential figure
  2. 2 powerful person

Idioms (17)

一碗水端平
yī wǎn shuǐ duān píng
  1. 1 lit. to hold a bowl of water level (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to be impartial
不可端倪
bù kě duān ní
  1. 1 impossible to get even an outline (idiom)
  2. 2 unfathomable
  3. 3 not a clue
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
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)
百端待举
bǎi duān dài jǔ
  1. 1 a thousand things remain to be done (idiom)
  2. 2 numerous tasks remain to be undertaken
简明扼要
jiǎn míng è yào
  1. 1 brief and to the point (idiom)
  2. 2 succinct
紧要关头
jǐn yào guān tóu
  1. 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. 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.
诡计多端
guǐ jì duō duān
  1. 1 deceitful in many ways (idiom); wily and mischievous
  2. 2 full of craft and cunning
连锅端
lián guō duān
  1. 1 to take even the cooking pots (idiom)
  2. 2 to clean out
  3. 3 to wipe out
鬼计多端
guǐ jì duō duān
  1. 1 full of devilish tricks and cunning stratagems (idiom)
  2. 2 sly
  3. 3 crafty
  4. 4 malicious

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