重 要 zhòng yào important / significant / major 重 大 zhòng dà great / important / major / significant 伟 大 wěi dà huge / great / grand / worthy of the greatest admiration / important (contribution etc) 要 to want / to need / to ask for / will / shall / about to / need to / should / if (same as 要是[yao4 shi5]) / (bound form) important 有 意 义 yǒu yì yì to make sense / to have meaning / to have significance / meaningful / significant / worthwhile / important / interesting 要 紧 yào jǐn important / urgent 重 量 级 zhòng liàng jí (sports) heavyweight class / (fig.) important / major / prominent / influential 吃 紧 chī jǐn in short supply / dire / tense / critical / hard-pressed / important 打 紧 dǎ jǐn important 吃 重 chī zhòng (of a role) arduous / important / (a vehicle's) loading capacity 精 华 jīng huá best feature / most important part of an object / quintessence / essence / soul 重 点 zhòng diǎn important point / main point / focus / key (project etc) / to focus on / to put the emphasis on 最 重 要 zuì zhòng yào most important / key 没 事 méi shì it's not important / it's nothing / never mind / to have nothing to do / to be free / to be all right (out of danger or trouble) 非 常 重 要 fēi cháng zhòng yào very important 事 迹 shì jì deed / past achievement / important event of the past 首 要 shǒu yào the most important / of chief importance 看 重 kàn zhòng to regard as important / to value 大 将 军 dà jiāng jūn important general / generalissimo 要 闻 yào wén important news story / headline 莫 大 mò dà greatest / most important 重 用 zhòng yòng to put in an important position 要 人 yào rén important person 周 公 Zhōu gōng Duke of Zhou (11th c. BC), son of King Wen of Zhou 周文王[Zhou1 Wen2 wang2], played an important role as regent in founding the Western Zhou 西周[Xi1 Zhou1], and is also known as the "God of Dreams" 要 件 yào jiàn key document / important condition / criterion / requirement / requisite / cornerstone 非 同 小 可 fēi tóng xiǎo kě extremely important / no small matter 要 务 yào wù key task / important affair 高 居 gāo jū to stand above / to occupy an important position / to rank (among the top few) 要 事 yào shì important matter 侍 从 shì cóng to serve (an important personage) / attendant / retainer 楚 国 Chǔ guó the state of Chu, one of the most important of the small states contending for power in China between 770 and 223 BC, located around present-day Hubei 保 驾 bǎo jià (in former times) to escort the emperor (or other important personage) / (nowadays) to escort sb (usually jocular) 没 事 儿 méi shì r to have spare time / free from work / it's not important / it's nothing / never mind 政 要 zhèng yào important political leader / government dignitary 忍 辱 负 重 rěn rǔ fù zhòng to endure humiliation as part of an important mission (idiom) / to suffer in silence 主 次 zhǔ cì the important and the less important / primary and secondary 重 臣 zhòng chén important minister / major figure in government 避 重 就 轻 bì zhòng jiù qīng to avoid the important and dwell on the trivial / to keep silent about major charges while admitting minor ones 贺 龙 Hè Lóng He Long (1896-1969), important communist military leader, died from persecution during the Cultural Revolution 舍 人 shè rén ancient office title / rich and important person 轻 重 缓 急 qīng zhòng huǎn jí slight or important, urgent or non-urgent (idiom) / to deal with important matters first / sense of priority 织 田 信 长 Zhī tián Xìn cháng ODA Nobunaga (1534-1582), Japanese shogun (warlord), played an important role in unifying Japan 鼎 鼎 dǐng dǐng great / very important 讳 莫 如 深 huì mò rú shēn important matter that must be kept secret (idiom) / don't breathe a word of it to anyone! 显 要 xiǎn yào prominent / eminent / important person / notable / dignitary 白 帝 城 Bái dì chéng Baidi town in Chongqing 重慶|重庆, north of the Changjiang, an important tourist attraction 祭 酒 jì jiǔ to offer a libation / person who performs the libation before a banquet / senior member of a profession / important government post in imperial China 持 重 chí zhòng prudent / cautious / to be in charge of ritual ceremonies / to hold an important office 计 to calculate / to compute / to count / to regard as important / to plan / ruse / meter / gauge 重 典 zhòng diǎn important classic text / severe laws 荣 毅 仁 Róng Yì rén Rong Yiren (1916-2005), PRC Vice President from 1993-1998, played an important role in opening Chinese economy to Western investors 白 崇 禧 Bái Chóng xǐ Bai Chongxi (1893-1966), a leader of Guangxi warlord faction, top Nationalist general, played important role in Chiang Kaishek's campaigns 1926-1949 从 略 cóng lu:è to omit (less important details etc) 要 图 yào tú main plan / important program 要 津 yào jīn strategic location / important hub / key post / prominent position 丧 to lose sth abstract but important (courage, authority, one's life etc) / to be bereaved of (one's spouse etc) / to die / disappointed / discouraged 不 知 轻 重 bù zhī qīng zhòng lit. not knowing what's important (idiom) / no appreciation of the gravity of things / naive / doesn't know who's who / no sense of priorities 五 鬼 闹 判 wǔ guǐ nào pàn Five ghosts mock the judge, or Five ghosts resist judgment (title of folk opera, idiom) / important personage mobbed by a crowd of ne'er-do-wells 大 题 小 作 dà tí xiǎo zuò to cut a long story short / a brief treatment of a complicated subject / fig. to treat an important question as a minor matter 缓 急 轻 重 huǎn jí qīng zhòng slight or important, urgent or non-urgent (idiom) / to deal with important matters first / sense of priority / also written 輕重緩急|轻重缓急 有 眼 不 识 泰 山 yǒu yǎn bù shí Tài Shān lit. to have eyes but fail to recognize Mt Tai (idiom) / fig. to fail to recognize sb important or sb's great talent / to be blind to the fact 至 关 重 要 zhì guān zhòng yào extremely important / vital / crucial / essential 紧 要 关 头 jǐn yào guān tóu urgent and important moment (idiom) / critical juncture 要 职 yào zhí key job / important position 名 臣 míng chén important official or statesman (in feudal China) 要 路 yào lù important road / main thoroughfare / fig. key position 重 要 的 是 zhòng yào de shì It is important (that) ... / The (important) point is ... 重 要 问 题 zhòng yào wèn tí an important issue 兰 克 Lán kè Rank (name) / Leopold von Ranke (1795-1886), important German historian 乌 兰 夫 Wū lán fū Ulanhu (1906-1988), Soviet-trained Mongolian communist who became important PRC military leader 不 当 紧 bù dāng jǐn not important / of no consequence 事 物 的 本 质 重 于 外 在 shì wù de běn zhì chóng yú wài zài essence is more important than external appearance / a rose by any other name would smell as sweet 任 事 rèn shì appointment to an important post 切 要 qiè yào essential / extremely important 国 家 重 点 学 科 Guó jiā Zhòng diǎn Xué kē National Key Disciplines (disciplines recognized as important and supported by PRC central government, including medicine, science, chemistry, engineering, commerce and law) 孤 拔 Gū bá Amédée Courbet (1826-1885), a French admiral who won a series of important land and naval victories during the Tonkin campaign and the Sino-French War 性 命 攸 关 xìng mìng yōu guān vitally important / a matter of life and death 要 径 yào jìng important path 要 枢 yào shū important hub / key position 要 目 yào mù important substance (of a document) / key section 跨 刀 kuà dāo to appear in sb's show / (fig.) to give one's support to an endeavor by taking on an important role in it 重 大 贡 献 zhòng dà gòng xiàn important contribution / major role 金 柜 石 室 jīn guì shí shì safe places for storing important articles 首 要 任 务 shǒu yào rèn wu most important task 鸿 图 大 计 hóng tú dà jì important large scale project 武 经 总 要 Wǔ Jīng Zǒng Yào "Collection of the Most Important Military Techniques", book published in 1044 during the Northern Song Dynasty 全 球 重 要 土 着 农 业 传 统 体 系 Globally Important Ingenious Agricultural Heritage Systems 对 辐 射 产 生 重 要 效 应 的 气 体 radiatively important gas 系 统 性 重 要 支 付 制 度 的 核 心 原 则 Core Principles for Systemically Important Payment Systems 空 心 大 老 官 kōng xīn dà lǎo guān fake important personage / sham 百 善 孝 为 先 bǎi shàn xiào wéi xiān of all virtues filial piety is most important (idiom) 砍 头 不 过 风 吹 帽 kǎn tóu bù guò fēng chuī mào to regard decapitation as no more important than the wind blowing off your hat (idiom) 大 节 dà jié major festival / important matter / major principle / high moral character 指 点 江 山 zhǐ diǎn jiāng shān to talk idly about important matters (idiom) / to set the world to rights / to pass judgment on everything 当 轴 dāng zhóu person in power / important official 要 政 yào zhèng important governmental or administrative matter 要 着 yào zhuó important thing / crucial thing 要 著 yào zhù important book 重 头 zhòng tóu main / most important / essential / important part 划 重 点 huà zhòng diǎn to highlight or underline an important point 
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