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 重要 zhòng yào important / significant / major syn 伟大 偉大 wěi dà huge / great / grand / worthy of the greatest admiration / important (contribution etc) syn 重点 重點 zhòng diǎn important point / main point / focus / key (project etc) / to focus on / to put the emphasis on 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 重大 zhòng dà great / important / major / significant 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 计 計 jì to calculate / to compute / to count / to regard as important / to plan / ruse / meter / gauge syn 首要 shǒu yào the most important / of chief importance syn 要紧 要緊 yào jǐn important / urgent 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 重量级 重量級 zhòng liàng jí (sports) heavyweight class / (fig.) important / major / prominent / influential 看重 kàn zhòng to regard as important / to value syn 事迹 事跡 shì jì deed / past achievement / important event of the past syn 精华 精華 jīng huá best feature / most important part of an object / quintessence / essence / soul syn 莫大 mò dà greatest / most important syn 要事 yào shì important matter syn 自命不凡 zì mìng bù fán to think too much of oneself / self-important / arrogant 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 要闻 要聞 yào wén important news story / headline 重用 zhòng yòng to put in an important position syn 非同小可 fēi tóng xiǎo kě extremely important / no small matter syn 要务 要務 yào wù key task / important affair 要人 yào rén important person 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 政要 zhèng yào important political leader / government dignitary syn 吃紧 吃緊 chī jǐn in short supply / dire / tense / critical / hard-pressed / important 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 大将军 大將軍 dà jiāng jūn important general / generalissimo syn 要件 yào jiàn key document / important condition / criterion / requirement / requisite / cornerstone 显要 顯要 xiǎn yào prominent / eminent / important person / notable / dignitary 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 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" 保驾 保駕 bǎo jià (in former times) to escort the emperor (or other important personage) / (nowadays) to escort sb (usually jocular) syn 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 高居 gāo jū to stand above / to occupy an important position / to rank (among the top few) syn 持重 chí zhòng prudent / cautious / to be in charge of ritual ceremonies / to hold an important office syn 最重要 zuì zhòng yào most important / key 非常重要 fēi cháng zhòng yào very important 有意义 有意義 yǒu yì yì to make sense / to have meaning / to have significance / meaningful / significant / worthwhile / important / interesting 大牌 dà pái strong card / honor card (card games) / very popular or successful person / self-important 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 主次 zhǔ cì the important and the less important / primary and secondary syn 重臣 zhòng chén important minister / major figure in government 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 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 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 死要面子 sǐ yào miàn zi to regard face as all-important / to consider loss of face unthinkable 重典 zhòng diǎn important classic text / severe laws 荣毅仁 榮毅仁 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 從略 cóng lüè to omit (less important details etc) syn 至关重要 至關重要 zhì guān zhòng yào extremely important / vital / crucial / essential syn 丧 喪 sàng to lose sth abstract but important (courage, authority, one's life etc) / to be bereaved of (one's spouse etc) / to die / disappointed / discouraged syn 紧要关头 緊要關頭 jǐn yào guān tóu urgent and important moment (idiom) / critical juncture syn 要职 要職 yào zhí key job / important position syn 要图 要圖 yào tú main plan / important program syn 打紧 打緊 dǎ jǐn important 吃重 chī zhòng (of a role) arduous / important / (a vehicle's) loading capacity syn 要津 yào jīn strategic location / important hub / key post / prominent position syn 名臣 míng chén important official or statesman (in feudal China) 要路 yào lù important road / main thoroughfare / fig. key position 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 不知轻重 不知輕重 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 五鬼鬧判 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 大題小作 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 自视甚高 自視甚高 zì shì shèn gāo to think highly of oneself (idiom) / giving oneself airs / arrogant and self-important 轻重倒置 輕重倒置 qīng zhòng dào zhì to invert the importance of things (i.e. stress the unimportant and neglect the important) / lacking a sense of perspective / to put the cart before the horse syn 有眼不识泰山 有眼不識泰山 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 重要的是 zhòng yào de shì It is important (that) ... / The (important) point is ... 重头 重頭 zhòng tóu main / most important / essential / important part 重要问题 重要問題 zhòng yào wèn tí an important issue 兰克 蘭克 lán kè Rank (name) / Leopold von Ranke (1795-1886), important German historian 乌兰夫 烏蘭夫 wū lán fū Ulanhu (1906-1988), Soviet-trained Mongolian communist who became important PRC military leader 不当紧 不當緊 bù dāng jǐn not important / of no consequence 事物的本质重于外在 事物的本質重於外在 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 國家重點學科 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 挂帅的社会 掛帥的社會 guà shuài de shè huì a society in which that is regarded as all-important 津要 jīn yào (literary) key location / key post (important job) 自视清高 自視清高 zì shì qīng gāo to think highly of oneself (idiom) / giving oneself airs / arrogant and self-important 臭屁 chòu pì (coll.) self-important / puffed up 要径 要徑 yào jìng important path 要枢 要樞 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 重大貢獻 zhòng dà gòng xiàn important contribution / major role 金柜石室 金櫃石室 jīn guì shí shì safe places for storing important articles 首要任务 首要任務 shǒu yào rèn wu most important task 鸿图大计 鴻圖大計 hóng tú dà jì important large scale project 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 全球重要土着农业传统体系 全球重要土著農業傳統體系 Globally Important Ingenious Agricultural Heritage Systems 