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要领

yào lǐng

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

要领 (yào lǐng) means "main aspects; essentials; gist". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 要领 means

1. main aspects
2. essentials
3. gist

The characters in 要领

• 要yàoto want; to need; to ask for; will; shall; about to; need to; should
• 领lǐngneck; collar; to lead

Example sentences

• 他们需要领导团队。
  Strong leadership was needed.

Words containing 要领

• 不得要领bù dé yào lǐngto fail to grasp the main points

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