得要

děiyào
  1. to need
  2. must

CEDICT

Examples

我渴得要命。

I'm dying of thirst.

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我忙得要死。

I'm terribly busy.

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爱她爱得要死。

I loved her to death.

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我愛她愛得要命。

I love her so much I could die.

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我突然肚痛得要命。

All of a sudden, I felt a sharp pain in my stomach.

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我得要在一週內回家。

I must return home within a week.

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你得要更注意拼字和標點符號。

You must be more careful about spelling and punctuation.

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火車擠得要命，我們都找不到位子坐。

The train was so crowded that none of us could get a seat.

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子翔那個人太老實了，談戀愛都被動得要命。

Tzu-hsiang's way too honest. He's hopelessly passive in relationships.

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倖存者在一箇島上被找到了，已經餓得要死了。

The survivors were found on an island, dying of starvation.

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买了不想要的东西，往往得要卖掉想要的东西。

He that buys what he does not want, must often sell what he does want.

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我爺爺農場養的火雞吵得要命，真想牠們快點被人吃掉。

The turkeys in my grandfather's farm are very noisy, I can't wait for them to get eaten.

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Entry Composition

1 得 děi
  1. to have to
  2. must
  3. ought to
  4. to need to
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

Related entries

必需 bìxū
  1. to need
  2. to require
  3. essential
  4. indispensable
你必需马上去那儿。

It is necessary for you to go there immediately.

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要有 yàoyǒu
  1. to need
  2. to require
  3. must have
要有大局观。

We should judge matters on a broader basis.

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需 xū
  1. to require
  2. to need
  3. to want
  4. necessity
  5. need
入场费只需五元。

Admission to the show is $5.

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待 dài
  1. to wait
  2. to treat
  3. to deal with
  4. to need
  5. going to (do sth)
  6. about to
  7. intending to
待著。

Stay.

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一定要 yīdìngyào must
一定要有蘋果。

Apples are necessary.

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