中小企业要勒紧裤带才能存活。

Small businesses will have to tighten their belts to survive.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 中小企业 zhōngxiǎoqǐyè small and medium enterprise
=2 要 yāo (bound form) to demand; to coerce
=2 要 yào
  1. to want; to need; to ask for
  2. will; shall; about to
  3. need to; should
  4. if (same as 要是 yàoshi)
  5. (bound form) important
=2 要 yǎo
  1. (archaic) alternative form of 偠 (yǎo)
  2. alternative form of 偠 (yǎo)
  3. used in 要褭／要袅
3 勒紧裤带 lēijǐnkùdài
  1. to tighten one's belt
  2. to live more frugally
4 才能 cáinéng
  1. talent
  2. ability
  3. capacity
5 存活 cúnhuó
  1. to survive (a serious accident)
  2. survival