必要 bì yào necessary / essential / indispensable / required syn 必需 bì xū to need / to require / essential / indispensable syn 要点 要點 yào diǎn main point / essential syn 主流 zhǔ liú main stream (of a river) / fig. the essential point / main viewpoint of a matter / mainstream (culture etc) syn 要素 yào sù essential factor / key constituent syn 必需品 bì xū pǐn necessity / essential (thing) syn 必备 必備 bì bèi essential syn 闪光点 閃光點 shǎn guāng diǎn lit. flash point / crucial point / essential point 必不可少 bì bù kě shǎo absolutely necessary / indispensable / essential syn 可有可无 可有可無 kě yǒu kě wú not essential / dispensable syn 采油 採油 cǎi yóu oil extraction / oil recovery 香油 xiāng yóu sesame oil / perfumed oil syn 纲要 綱要 gāng yào outline / essential points syn 切切 qiè qiè urgently / eagerly / worried / (urge sb to) be sure to / it is absolutely essential to (follow the above instruction) syn 菜油 cài yóu rapeseed oil / canola oil syn 因噎废食 因噎廢食 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 syn 桐油 tóng yóu tung oil, from the Japanese wood-oil tree Aleurites cordata, used in making lacquer 含油 hán yóu containing oil / oil-bearing 漏油 lòu yóu oil spill / oil leak / (fig.) boo! (opposite of 加油[jia1 you2]) 重油 zhòng yóu (petrochemistry) heavy oil / fuel oil 赖氨酸 賴氨酸 lài ān suān lysine (Lys), an essential amino acid 蛋氨酸 dàn ān suān methionine (Met), an essential amino acid 精氨酸 jīng ān suān argnine (Arg), an essential amino acid 色氨酸 sè ān suān tryptophan (Trp), an essential amino acid 油 yóu oil / fat / grease / petroleum / to apply tung oil, paint or varnish / oily / greasy / glib / cunning syn 至关重要 至關重要 zhì guān zhòng yào extremely important / vital / crucial / essential syn 油料作物 yóu liào zuò wù oil crop (rape, peanut, soy, sesame etc) / oil-bearing crop 苏氨酸 蘇氨酸 sū ān suān threonine (Thr), an essential amino acid 卟啉 bǔ lín porphyrin (organic chemical essential to hemoglobin and chlorophyll) (loanword) 亮氨酸 liàng ān suān leucine (Leu), an essential amino acid 组氨酸 組氨酸 zǔ ān suān histidine (His), an essential amino acid 异亮氨酸 異亮氨酸 yì liàng ān suān isoleucine (Ile), an essential amino acid 加油 jiā yóu to add oil / to top up with gas / to refuel / to accelerate / to step on the gas / (fig.) to make an extra effort / to cheer sb on syn 石油 shí yóu oil / petroleum syn 油漆 yóu qī oil paints / lacquer / to paint / CL:層|层[ceng2] syn 油画 油畫 yóu huà oil painting 油箱 yóu xiāng oil tank 储藏 儲藏 chǔ cáng to store / deposit / (oil, mineral etc) deposits syn 油井 yóu jǐng oil well 油脂 yóu zhī grease / oil / fat 润滑油 潤滑油 rùn huá yóu lubricating oil syn 油田 yóu tián oil field 机油 機油 jī yóu engine oil 燃油 rán yóu fuel oil 橄榄油 橄欖油 gǎn lǎn yóu olive oil 压榨 壓榨 yā zhà to press / to squeeze / to extract juice, oil etc by squeezing syn 炼油厂 煉油廠 liàn yóu chǎng oil refinery 油价 油價 yóu jià oil (petroleum) price 钻井 鑽井 zuàn jǐng to drill (e.g. for oil) / a borehole syn 原油 yuán yóu crude oil syn 天花 tiān huā smallpox / ceiling / stamen of corn / (old) snow / (dialect) sesame oil 油管 yóu guǎn oil pipe / (slang) YouTube 植物油 zhí wù yóu vegetable oil 油泵 yóu bèng oil pump 灯罩 燈罩 dēng zhào cover of lamp / lampshade / glass cover of oil lamp syn 勘探 kān tàn to explore / to survey / to prospect (for oil etc) / prospecting syn 开夜车 開夜車 kāi yè chē to burn the midnight oil / to work late into the night syn 油污 yóu wū greasy dirt / sludge (from an oil spill) 油料 yóu liào oilseed / oil / fuel 蓖麻 bì má castor-oil plant syn 储量 儲量 chǔ liàng remaining quantity / reserves (of natural resources, oil etc) 油灯 油燈 yóu dēng oil lamp syn 油船 yóu chuán (oil) tanker / tank ship 火上加油 huǒ shàng jiā yóu to add oil to the fire (idiom) / fig. to aggravate a situation / to enrage people and make matters worse syn 麻油 má yóu sesame oil syn 油气 油氣 yóu qì oil and gas 豆油 dòu yóu soy bean oil / (dialect) soy sauce 鱼肝油 魚肝油 yú gān yóu cod liver oil 芝麻油 zhī ma yóu sesame oil syn 燃料油 rán liào yóu fuel oil 棕榈油 棕櫚油 zōng lǘ yóu palm oil 色拉油 sè lā yóu salad oil 炼油 煉油 liàn yóu oil refinery 管路 guǎn lù piping (for water, oil, etc) / conduit 榨油 zhà yóu to extract oil from vegetables / to press 雪佛龙 雪佛龍 xuě fó lóng Chevron (oil company) 成品油 chéng pǐn yóu refined oil 井喷 井噴 jǐng pēn (oil) blowout / surge / gush 中海油 zhōng hǎi yóu China National Offshore Oil Corporation 钻井 鑽井 zuān jǐng to drill (e.g. for oil) / a borehole syn 水煮鱼 水煮魚 shuǐ zhǔ yú Sichuan poached sliced fish in hot chili oil 柴米油盐 柴米油鹽 chái mǐ yóu yán lit. firewood, rice, oil and salt / fig. life's daily necessities syn 红油 紅油 hóng yóu chili oil 油罐车 油罐車 yóu guàn chē oil tanker truck / fuel tanker 食油 shí yóu cooking oil syn 石油勘探 shí yóu kān tàn oil exploration 优尼科 優尼科 yōu ní kē Unocal (US oil company) 灯盏 燈盞 dēng zhǎn lantern / uncovered oil lamp syn 火力发电厂 火力發電廠 huǒ lì fā diàn chǎng fired power plant (i.e. fired by coal, oil or gas) syn 油车 oil workover / workover 推油 tuī yóu oil massage 挥发油 揮發油 huī fā yóu volatile oil (in general) / gasoline 缺油 quē yóu oil shortage 清油 qīng yóu vegetable cooking oil syn 裂化 liè huà to crack (fractionally distill oil) syn 李四光 lǐ sì guāng Li Siguang (1889-1971), Mongol-born, Japanese-trained geologist, prominent in early PRC oil exploration 探勘 tàn kān to explore / to survey / to prospect (for oil etc) / prospecting 桶 tǒng bucket / (trash) can / barrel (of oil etc) / CL:個|个[ge4],隻|只[zhi1] 火上浇油 火上澆油 huǒ shàng jiāo yóu to pour oil on the fire (idiom) / fig. to aggravate a situation / to enrage people and make matters worse syn 