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无关紧要

wú guān jǐn yào

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 4-character word Traditional 無關緊要

无关紧要 (wú guān jǐn yào) means "indifferent; insignificant". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 无关紧要 means

1. indifferent
2. insignificant

The characters in 无关紧要

• 无wúnot to have; no; none
• 关guānmountain pass; to close; to shut; to turn off; to confine; to lock (sb) up…
• 紧jǐntight; strict; close at hand
• 要yàoto want; to need; to ask for; will; shall; about to; need to; should

Example sentences

• 无关紧要。
  It doesn't matter.
• 那无关紧要。
  That's unimportant.
• 你怎幺想无关紧要。
  It doesn't matter what you think.
• 你在思考无关紧要的事情。
  Nǐ zài sīkǎo wúguānjǐnyào de shìqing.
  You're thinking of unimportant things.
• 他要来这件事对我而言无关紧要。
  Tā yào lái zhè jiàn shì duì wǒ éryán wúguānjǐnyào.
  It is of no consequence to me that he is coming.
• 别想了，那不过是些无关紧要的细节。
  Forget it, those are just trivial details.

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