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重要

zhòng yào

HSK 1 · word 481 of 3,000

Meaning

• important; significant; major

Example sentence

Characters in 重要

• 重 zhòng heavy
• 要 yào to want; to need; to ask for

重 heavy plus 要 essential. What matters carries weight — 重 shifts to zhòng here, against chóng meaning again.

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