"Necessary" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 bì yào necessary / essential / indispensable / required
 suǒ xū necessary (for) / required
 bù kě huò quē necessary / must have
 bì bù kě shǎo absolutely necessary / indispensable / essential
 yòng de zháo to be able to use / useable / to have a use for / (in a question) to be necessary to
 bì yào tiáo jiàn requirement / necessary condition (math)
 shì zài bì xíng circumstances require action (idiom) / absolutely necessary / imperative
 zhuì shù to say more than is necessary / to give unnecessary details
 chōng yào tiáo jiàn necessary and sufficient condition
  workshop on atmospheric sciences as a necessary basic discipline
 jī běn pán (political party's) voter base / (musician's) fan base / (a business's) customer base / the funds necessary for a venture / foundation on which sth's existence depends / bedrock (in the figurative sense)
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