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至关重要

zhì guān zhòng yào

HSK 3.0 level 6 4-character word Traditional 至關重要

至关重要 (zhì guān zhòng yào) means "extremely important; vital; crucial". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 至关重要 means

1. extremely important
2. vital
3. crucial
4. essential

The characters in 至关重要

• 至zhìto arrive; most; to
• 关guānmountain pass; to close; to shut; to turn off; to confine; to lock (sb) up…
• 重zhòngheavy; serious; to attach importance to
• 要yàoto want; to need; to ask for; will; shall; about to; need to; should

Example sentences

• 这件事至关重要。
  Zhè jiàn shì zhìguānzhòngyào.
  This is a matter of the utmost importance.
• 摩天大厦里的电梯是至关重要的。
  Mótiāndàshà lǐ de diàntī shì zhìguānzhòngyào de.
  The elevators in a skyscraper are vital systems.
• 接下来的四到六周将对于控制伊波拉病毒的大爆发至关重要。
  Jiēxiàlái de sì dào liù zhōu jiāng duìyú kòngzhì Yībōlā bìngdú de dà bàofā zhìguānzhòngyào.
  The next four to six weeks are crucial in controlling the massive Ebola outbreak.

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