"Essential" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 bì yào necessary / essential / indispensable / required
 yào diǎn main point / essential
 bì bèi essential
 bì xū to need / to require / essential / indispensable
 bì bù kě shǎo absolutely necessary / indispensable / essential
 bì xū pǐn necessity / essential (thing)
 zhì guān zhòng yào extremely important / vital / crucial / essential
 qiè yào essential / extremely important
 bù kě shǎo indispensable / essential
 zhòng tóu main / most important / essential
 zhǔ liú main stream (of a river) / fig. the essential point / main viewpoint of a matter / mainstream (culture etc)
 yào sù essential factor / key constituent
 gāng yào outline / essential points
 jīng yóu essential oil
 qiè qiè urgently / eagerly / worried / (urge sb to) be sure to / it is absolutely essential to (follow the above instruction)
 kě yǒu kě wú not essential / dispensable
 shǎn guāng diǎn lit. flash point / crucial point / essential point
 lài ān suān lysine (Lys), an essential amino acid
 dàn ān suān methionine (Met), an essential amino acid
 yīn yē fèi shí lit. not eating for fear of choking (idiom) / fig. to cut off one's nose to spite one's face / to avoid sth essential because of a slight risk
 jīng ān suān argnine (Arg), an essential amino acid
 sè ān suān tryptophan (Trp), an essential amino acid
 sū ān suān threonine (Thr), an essential amino acid
 bǔ lín porphyrin (organic chemical essential to hemoglobin and chlorophyll) (loanword)
 liàng ān suān leucine (Leu), an essential amino acid
 zǔ ān suān histidine (His), an essential amino acid
 yì liàng ān suān isoleucine (Ile), an essential amino acid
 tí essential oil of butter
 běn xìng nán yí It is hard to change one's essential nature (idiom). You can't change who you are. / Can the leopard change his spots? (Jeremiah 13:23)
 wàn bù dé yǐ only when absolutely essential (idiom) / as a last resort
 rén jīng sophisticate / man with extensive experience / child prodigy / Wunderkind (i.e. brilliant child) / spirit within a person (i.e. blood and essential breath 血氣|血气 / of TCM)
 jiǎ liú ān suān methionine (Met), an essential amino acid
 shén suǐ lit. spirit and marrow / the essential character
 xié ān suān valine (Val), an essential amino acid
 běn bǐng ān suān phenylalanine (Phe), an essential amino acid
 Jiǎ Sī xié Jia Sixie, sixth century writer and author of agricultural encyclopedia Essential skill to benefit the people 齊民要術|齐民要术[Qi2 min2 Yao4 shu4]
 fēng yóu jīng essential balm containing menthol, eucalyptus oil etc, used as a mosquito repellant
 Qí mín Yào shù Essential skill to benefit the people, sixth century encyclopedia of agricultural knowledge by Jia Sixie 賈思勰|贾思勰[Jia3 Si1 xie2]
  Essential Services Package
  Interregional programme for essential drugs
  Action Programme on Essential Drugs
 jī běn píng héng essential parity
  Action Programme on Essential Drugs and Vaccines
  Joint Commission on Essential Legislation
  Declaration of the Essential Rights of Afghan Women
  Plan of Action to Restore Essential Public Services in Sarajevo
  essential staff / critical staff
  direct and essential military support facilities
 tǎn sāng ní yà jī běn wèi shēng cuò shī xiàng mù Tanzania Essential Health Interventions Project
  essential technology
  Symposium on Conditions Essential for Maintaining Outer Space for Peaceful Purposes
  Essential Drugs Programme
  essential drugs price list
  essential drug kit
  model list of essential drugs
  essential drugs
  essential chemical
  essential equipment list
  Essential Learning Package
  Programme of Essential Medicines for Children and Their Mothers
 wù qī it is essential to (complete a project on time, be thorough etc)
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