首要
shǒu yào
Pinyin

Definition

首要
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shǒu yào
  1. the most important
  2. of chief importance

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 (20)

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
低首下心
dī shǒu xià xīn
  1. 1 to be fawningly submissive (idiom)
俯首帖耳
fǔ shǒu tiē ěr
  1. 1 bowed head and ears glued (idiom); docile and obedient
  2. 2 at sb's beck and call
俯首称臣
fǔ shǒu chēng chén
  1. 1 to bow before (idiom)
  2. 2 to capitulate
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)

Sample Sentences

遗憾的是，东海大桥和洋山港区的首要功能是提供集装箱的大批量运输，社会车辆过多可能会对正常运行造成影响，所以目前旅游观光车辆还不被允许上桥入港。
yíhàn de shì ，Dōnghǎidàqiáo hé Yángshāngǎngqù de shǒuyào gōngnéng shì tígōng jízhuāngxiāng de dàpīliàng yùnshū ，shèhuì chēliàng guòduō kěnéng huì duì zhèngcháng yùnxíng zàochéng yǐngxiǎng ，suǒyǐ mùqián lǚyóu guānguāng chēliàng hái bù bèi yǔnxǔ shàngqiáo rùgǎng 。
The regrettable thing is, the main function of the Donghai Bridge and the Yangshan Harbor Zone is to allow the shipping of large volumes of shipping containers. If there were too many ordinary cars, it might influence regular shipping. So at present, ordinary sight-seers are not allowed to cross the bridge to the harbor.
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