claim to rights (copyright, patent etc)
to hit the nail on the head (idiom)
"Collection of the Most Important Military Techniques", book published in 1044 during the Northern Song Dynasty
1. to know no shame2. to be totally shameless
1. to regard face as all-important2. to consider loss of face unthinkable
1. half dead2. more dead than alive
1. terribly2. awfully3. desperately
1. to explain in simple terms2. succinct3. concise
Essential skill to benefit the people, sixth century encyclopedia of agricultural knowledge by Jia Sixie 贾思勰[jiǎ sī xié]
1. influential figure2. powerful person
dynastic records of imperial China
1. (literary) key location2. key post (important job)
1. firmly set on doing sth2. to insist on doing3. determined in one's course of action
1. so long as2. provided that
to demand payment of a debt; to collect a debt
important governmental or administrative matter
1. to need2. to require3. must have
important hub; key position
1. important substance (of a document)2. key section
1. important thing2. crucial thing
1. significant role2. major figure
(coll.) unbearable (Shanghainese)
Gaoyao, a district of Zhaoqing City 肇庆市[zhào qìng shì], Guangdong
Prescriptions Worth a Thousand in Gold, early Tang compendium of herbal medicine by Sun Simiao 孙思邈[sūn sī miǎo]
1. basic necessity2. fundamental need
给脸不要脸 給臉不要臉 gěi liǎn bù yào liǎn (coll.) to respond with arrogance or disrespect when shown courtesy; to abuse sb's goodwill
说话要算数 說話要算數 shuō huà yào suàn shù promises must be kept
古今韵会举要 古今韻會舉要 gǔ jīn yùn huì jǔ yào "Summary of the Collection of Rhymes Old and New", supplemented and annotated Yuan dynasty version of the no-longer-extant late Song or early Yuan "Collection of Rhymes Old and New" 古今韵会
死要面子活受罪 sǐ yào miàn zi huó shòu zuì to go through hell for the sake of keeping up appearances (idiom)
血债要用血来偿 血債要用血來償 xuè zhài yào yòng xuè lái cháng 1. A debt of blood must be paid in blood.2. Blood calls for blood.
血债要用血来还 血債要用血來還 xuè zhài yào yòng xuè lái huán 1. A debt of blood must be paid in blood.2. Blood calls for blood.
需要是发明之母 需要是發明之母 xū yào shì fā míng zhī mǔ Necessity is the mother of invention (European proverb).
出来混迟早要还的 出來混遲早要還的 chū lái hùn chí zǎo yào huán de if you live a life of crime, sooner or later you'll pay for it
不要在一棵树上吊死 不要在一棵樹上吊死 bù yào zài yī kē shù shàng diào sǐ 1. don't insist on only taking one road to Rome (idiom)2. there's more than one way to skin a cat
天要下雨，娘要嫁人 tiān yào xià yǔ , niáng yào jià rén 1. (lit.) the heavens will rain, and widowed mothers will remarry (saying)2. (fig.) some things are inevitable
要风得风，要雨得雨 要風得風，要雨得雨 yào fēng dé fēng , yào yǔ dé yǔ 1. to get whatever one wants2. to have everything going one's way