要领

要領
yāolǐng
  1. (literary) execution by slitting someone's waist or neck
  2. (literary) important position or place
  3. (literary) waist and neck
  4. execution by slitting someone's waist or neck
  5. important position or place
  6. waist and neck

Wiktionary

Homographs

要领 yàolǐng
  1. main aspects
  2. essentials
  3. gist

Entry Composition

=1 要 yāo (bound form) to demand; to coerce
=1 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
=1 要 yǎo
  1. (archaic) alternative form of 偠 (yǎo)
  2. alternative form of 偠 (yǎo)
  3. used in 要褭／要袅
2 领 lǐng
  1. neck
  2. collar
  3. to lead
  4. to receive
  5. classifier for clothes, mats, screens etc