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要强

yào qiáng

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 要強

要强 (yào qiáng) means "eager to excel; eager to get ahead in life; strong-minded". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 要强 means

1. eager to excel
2. eager to get ahead in life
3. strong-minded

The characters in 要强

• 要yàoto want; to need; to ask for; will; shall; about to; need to; should
• 强qiángstrong; powerful; better

Example sentences

• 不要强迫自己做不喜欢的事情。
  Don't force yourself to do things that you don't like.
• 我不知道他有没有超能力，但是我猜他可能比一般人要强吧。
  Wǒ bù zhīdào tā yǒu méiyǒu chāonénglì, dànshì wǒ cāi tā kěnéng bǐ yībānrén yào qiáng ba.
  I don't know if he has any special powers or not, but he's probably stronger than a normal human.
• 我对这个政府的印象是，他们需要强一点儿的经济政策，要不然将来会遇到很大的问题。
  Wǒ duì zhège zhèngfǔ de yìnxiàng shì, tāmen xūyào qiáng yīdiǎnr de jīngjì zhèngcè, yàoburán jiānglái huì yù dào hěn dà de wèntí.
  My impression of this government is that they need a more forceful economic policy, otherwise they'll encounter large problems in the future.

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