重要
zhòng yào
Pinyin
Definition
重要
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- important
- significant
- major
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
一言为重
- 1 each word carries weight
- 2 a promise must be kept (idiom)
不知轻重
- 1 lit. not knowing what's important (idiom); no appreciation of the gravity of things
- 2 naive
- 3 doesn't know who's who
- 4 no sense of priorities
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
Sample Sentences
她要她的白马王子眼睛大,眉毛浓,头发微微自然卷,个子还要高,最重要的是要有钱,要能常常买新衣服,买她想要的东西给她。
She wants her Prince Charming to have big eyes, thick eyebrows, slightly curly hair, to be tall, and above all, to have money, to be able to buy new clothes and what she wants all the time.
别客气!做生意不重要,做朋友才实在,对吧?
It's ok! Doing business is not important as making friends. Right?
法国人觉得用餐礼仪很重要,例如用餐前尽量别移动桌上的摆设,服务生会为你服务。
French people think that table manners are very important, such as not moving the decoration on the table before eating because the waiter will serve you.
武汉是全国抗击疫情的重中之重、决胜之地,目前中国疫情防控已取得阶段性重要成效。
Wuhan is the front line during the fight of this pandemic in the country. Currently, the prevention and control measures in China have gained important results at this stage.
为了遏制疫情向外蔓延,自1月23日起,作为中国重要交通枢纽,这座城市暂停市内公交运营,关闭离汉通道,近千万武汉市民蛰伏家中,进行特殊的战斗。
In order to contain the spread, starting from January 23rd, as an important transportation hub in China, this city has suspended public transport, closed down all channels leaving Wuhan, and left nearly ten million of Wuhan citizens staying at home, fighting a special battle.
离主位越近的位子越重要。
The closer the seat is to the main seat, the more important the guest is.
其实长相什么的真的不太重要,我只希望我以后的伴侣能对我诚实。
To be honest, appearance doesn't matter that much. The only thing I hope is that my future partner is honest with me.
在国外工作,公私分明是非常重要的,但是在中国的企业当中,能够做到公私分明的真的不多。
Keeping work separated from private life is very important in firms in Western countries; however, in China, there are few people can do it.
我弄丢了重要的合同。
I lost an important contract.
很多老板都觉得只有两件事情会比工作来得重要,第一件事情就是家里的事。另外一件事呢?是工作的事。
A lot of bosses think there are only two things that are important than work. One is family matters, and the other is work-related matters.