總要

总要
zǒngyào
nevertheless

CEDICT

  1. 統領。
  2. 必須要。

重編國語辭典

Examples

你爲什麼總要大叫？

Why are you always shouting?

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我们总要遵守法律。

We should always obey laws.

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我睡觉前总要洗个澡。

I always take a bath before going to bed.

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他說英文時總要出一點的錯。

He never speaks English without making a few mistakes.

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晚饭后，我总要休息一个小时。

I always rest for an hour after dinner.

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人生在世，總要有目標和追求的。

We must have something to live for.

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愛情就像麻疹──一生總要經歷一次。

Love is like the measles; we all have to go through it.

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Entry Composition

1 總 zǒng
  1. (bound form) general; overall
  2. to sum up
  3. in every case; always; invariably
  4. anyway; after all; eventually; sooner or later
  5. surely
  6. (after a person's name) abbr. for 總經理 zǒngjīnglǐ or 總編 zǒngbiān etc
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

Containing this entry

武經總要 Wǔ Jīng Zǒng Yào "Collection of the Most Important Military Techniques", book published in 1044 during the Northern Song Dynasty

Related entries

卻是 quèshì
  1. nevertheless
  2. actually
  3. the fact is ...
我虽然在虎口里，却是安如泰山。

Though I may be in the jaws of death, I am as a firm as a rock.

Though I am in the tiger's mouth, I am as calm as Mount Tai.

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雖則 suīzé
  1. nevertheless
  2. although
照樣 zhàoyàng
  1. as before
  2. (same) as usual
  3. in the same manner
  4. still
  5. nevertheless
就算这样地球也照样转！

Even so, the Earth moves!

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卻 què
  1. but
  2. yet
  3. however
  4. while
  5. to go back
  6. to decline
  7. to retreat
  8. nevertheless
  9. even though
卻沒有人要聽。

But no one wanted to hear it.

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