重头 重頭 zhòng tóu main / most important / essential / important part 主次 zhǔ cì the important and the less important / primary and secondary syn 轻重缓急 輕重緩急 qīng zhòng huǎn jí slight or important, urgent or non-urgent (idiom) / to deal with important matters first / sense of priority syn 缓急轻重 緩急輕重 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 重要的是 zhòng yào de shì It is important (that) ... / The (important) point is ... 精华 精華 jīng huá best feature / most important part of an object / quintessence / essence / soul syn 最重要 zuì zhòng yào most important / key 首要 shǒu yào the most important / of chief importance syn 莫大 mò dà greatest / most important syn 楚国 楚國 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 武经总要 武經總要 wǔ jīng zǒng yào "Collection of the Most Important Military Techniques", book published in 1044 during the Northern Song Dynasty 百善孝为先 百善孝為先 bǎi shàn xiào wéi xiān of all virtues filial piety is most important (idiom) 第一 dì - yī first / most important / primary / foremost syn 大多 dà duō for the most part / many / most / the greater part / mostly syn 大半 dà bàn more than half / greater part / most / probably / most likely syn 多半 duō bàn most / mostly / most likely syn 八成 bā chéng eighty percent / most probably / most likely syn 至宝 至寶 zhì bǎo most valuable treasure / most precious asset syn 最 zuì most / the most / -est (superlative suffix) syn 能者多劳 能者多勞 néng zhě duō láo it's the most capable people who do the most work (idiom) (intended as consolation for the overworked, or flattery when making a request etc) syn 心头肉 心頭肉 xīn tóu ròu the person one loves the most / one's most treasured possession 大奸似忠 大姦似忠 dà jiān sì zhōng the most treacherous person appears the most guileless (idiom) 至尊 zhì zūn the most honorable / the most respected / supreme / (archaic) the emperor syn 能者多劳 能者多勞 néng zhě - duō láo (idiom) it's the most capable people who do the most work (intended as consolation for the overworked, or flattery when making a request etc) syn 要务 要務 yào wù key task / important affair 委以重任 wěi yǐ zhòng rèn (literary) to entrust (sb) with an important task 责成 責成 zé chéng to charge (an entity) with (a task) / to assign (sb) the task of syn 行百里者半九十 xíng bǎi lǐ zhě bàn jiǔ shí lit. ninety li is merely a half of a hundred li journey (idiom) / fig. the closer one is to completing a task, the tougher it gets / a task is not done until it's done 联合国青春期少女问题机构间工作队 United Nations Inter-Agency Task Force on Adolescent Girls / Inter-Agency Task Force on Adolescent Girls 落实发展权问题高级别工作队 high-level task force on the implementation of the right to development / High-Level Task Force on the Right to Development 清理结束工作队 qīng lǐ jié shù gōng zuò duì liquidation task force / mission liquidation task force 非洲区域生殖健康工作队 非洲區域生殖健康工作隊 fēi zhōu qū yù shēng zhí jiàn kāng gōng zuò duì African Regional Reproductive Health Task Force / Regional Reproductive Health Task Force 临时特遣舰队 臨時特遣艦隊 interim naval task force / Interim Maritime Task Force 初级教育和两性平等问题第3工作队 初級教育和兩性平等問題第3工作隊 Millennium Project Task Force 3 on Primary Education and Gender Equality / Task Force 3 on Primary Education and Gender Equality 开放和有规则的贸易制度第9工作队 開放和有規則的貿易制度第9工作隊 Millennium Project Task Force 9 on Open, Rule-Based Trading Systems / Task Force 9 on Open, Rule-Based Trading Systems 改善贫民窟居民生活问题第8工作队 改善貧民窟居民生活問題第8工作隊 Millennium Project Task Force 8 on Improving the Lives of Slum Dwellers / Task Force 8 on Improving the Lives of Slum Dwellers 资源动员的简化和统一工作队 資源動員的簡化和統一工作隊 simplification and harmonization task force on resource mobilization / simplification and harmonization task force 简化和统一工作队 簡化和統一工作隊 simplification and harmonization task force on resource mobilization / simplification and harmonization task force 水和卫生问题千年项目第7工作队 水和衛生問題千年項目第7工作隊 Millennium Project Task Force 7 on Water and Sanitation / Task Force 7 on Water and Sanitation 水和卫生问题第7工作队 水和衛生問題第7工作隊 Millennium Project Task Force 7 on Water and Sanitation / Task Force 7 on Water and Sanitation 贫穷和经济发展问题千年项目第1工作队 貧窮和經濟發展問題千年項目第1工作隊 Millennium Project Task Force 1 on Poverty and Economic Development / Task Force 1 on Poverty and Economic Development 贫穷和经济发展问题第1工作队 貧窮和經濟發展問題第1工作隊 Millennium Project Task Force 1 on Poverty and Economic Development / Task Force 1 on Poverty and Economic Development 饥饿问题千年项目第2工作队 饑餓問題千年項目第2工作隊 Millennium Project Task Force 2 on Hunger / Task Force 2 on Hunger 饥饿问题第2工作队 饑餓問題第2工作隊 Millennium Project Task Force 2 on Hunger / Task Force 2 on Hunger 妇幼保健问题千年项目第4工作队 婦幼保健問題千年項目第4工作隊 Millennium Project Task Force 4 on Child Health and Maternal Health / Task Force 4 on Child Health and Maternal Health 妇幼保健问题第4工作队 婦幼保健問題第4工作隊 Millennium Project Task Force 4 on Child Health and Maternal Health / Task Force 4 on Child Health and Maternal Health 采购调查工作队 采購調查工作隊 Procurement Investigations Task Force / Procurement Task Force 采购问题工作队 采購問題工作隊 Procurement Investigations Task Force / Procurement Task Force 科技革新问题千年项目第10工作队 科技革新問題千年項目第10工作隊 Millennium Project Task Force 10 on Science, Technology and Innovation / Task Force 10 on Science, Technology and Innovation 科技革新第10工作队 科技革新第10工作隊 Millennium Project Task Force 10 on Science, Technology and Innovation / Task Force 10 on Science, Technology and Innovation 环境可持续性问题千年项目第6工作队 環境可持續性問題千年項目第6工作隊 Millennium Project Task Force 6 on Environmental Sustainability / Task Force 6 on Environmental Sustainability 环境可持续性问题第6工作队 環境可持續性問題第6工作隊 Millennium Project Task Force 6 on Environmental Sustainability / Task Force 6 on Environmental Sustainability 信息和通信技术工作队 信息和通信技術工作隊 Information and Communication Technologies Task Force / ICT Task Force 信通技术工作队 信通技術工作隊 Information and Communication Technologies Task Force / ICT Task Force 南美洲反洗钱金融行动工作组 南美洲反洗錢金融行動工作組 South American Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering / South American Financial Action Task Force 南美洲金融行动工作组 南美洲金融行動工作組 South American Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering / South American Financial Action Task Force 军民合作工作队 軍民合作工作隊 Civil-Military Cooperation Task Force / CIMIC Task Force 重要 zhòng yào important / significant / major syn 重点 重點 zhòng diǎn important point / main point / focus / key (project etc) / to focus on / to put the emphasis on syn 重大 zhòng dà great / important / major / significant syn 伟大 偉大 wěi dà huge / great / grand / worthy of the greatest admiration / important (contribution etc) syn 没事 沒事 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) syn 非常重要 fēi cháng zhòng yào very important 事迹 事跡 shì jì deed / past achievement / important event of the past syn 有意义 有意義 yǒu yì yì to make sense / to have meaning / to have significance / meaningful / significant / worthwhile / important / interesting 看重 kàn zhòng to regard as important / to value syn 要紧 要緊 yào jǐn important / urgent syn 大将军 大將軍 dà jiāng jūn important general / generalissimo syn 要闻 要聞 yào wén important news story / headline 大牌 dà pái strong card / honor card (card games) / very popular or successful person / self-important 重用 zhòng yòng to put in an important position syn 重量级 重量級 zhòng liàng jí (sports) heavyweight class / (fig.) important / major / prominent / influential 要人 yào rén important person syn 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 syn 高居 gāo jū to stand above / to occupy an important position / to rank (among the top few) syn 要事 yào shì important matter syn 侍从 侍從 shì cóng to serve (an important personage) / attendant / retainer syn 公馆 公館 gōng guǎn residence (of sb rich or important) / mansion syn 算数 算數 suàn shù to count numbers / to keep to one's word / to hold (i.e. to remain valid) / to count (i.e. to be important) syn 保驾 保駕 bǎo jià (in former times) to escort the emperor (or other important personage) / (nowadays) to escort sb (usually jocular) syn 没事儿 沒事兒 méi shì r to have spare time / free from work / it's not important / it's nothing / never mind syn 要 yào to want / to need / to ask for / will / shall / about to / need to / should / if (same as 要是[yao4 shi5]) / (bound form) important syn 吃紧 吃緊 chī jǐn in short supply / dire / tense / critical / hard-pressed / important syn 政要 zhèng yào important political leader / government dignitary syn 忍辱负重 忍辱負重 rěn rǔ fù zhòng to endure humiliation as part of an important mission (idiom) / to suffer in silence 重臣 zhòng chén important minister / major figure in government syn 避重就轻 避重就輕 bì zhòng jiù qīng to avoid the important and dwell on the trivial / to keep silent about major charges while admitting minor ones syn 贺龙 賀龍 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 自命不凡 zì mìng bù fán to think too much of oneself / self-important / arrogant syn 织田信长 織田信長 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 諱莫如深 huì mò rú shēn important matter that must be kept secret (idiom) / don't breathe a word of it to anyone! syn 显要 顯要 xiǎn yào prominent / eminent / important person / notable / dignitary syn 白帝城 bái dì chéng Baidi town in Chongqing 重慶|重庆, north of the Changjiang, an important tourist attraction 拿大 ná dà to put on airs / self-important / high and mighty 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 