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yāo qiú
v. to demand, to ask, to require
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Other meanings
[yāo qiú]   n. requirement, demand, claim
Simplified stroke orders are based on the 'Standard of National Commonly-used Mandarin Chinese Characters (现代汉语通用字笔顺规范)', issued by the China National Language and Character Working Committee (国家语言文字工作委员会) on April 7th 1997. Traditional stroke orders are based on information issued by the Taiwan Ministry of Education.
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yī sheng yāo qiú bìng rén xiān qù huà yàn yí xià xuè yè .
phr. The doctor asked the patient to do a blood test first.
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hěn duō zhōng xué yāo qiú xué shēng chuān zhuó xiāng tóng de fú zhuāng .
phr. Many high schools require their students to wear uniforms.
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biàn zhèng fǎ yāo qiú wǒ men jì yào kàn dào shì wù hǎo de yí miàn, yě yào kàn dào huài de yí miàn .
phr. Dialectics requires us to see both the good and the bad sides of things.
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báng fěi yāo qiú wǒ men wǔ tiān zhī nèi jiāo fù shú jīn .
phr. The kidnappers ordered us to give them the ransom in five days.
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wén xué chuàng zuò yāo qiú zuò zhě bú duàn de chuí liàn yǔ yán .
phr. Literary creation requires the authors to refine the language constantly.
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gōng rén men zài dà jiē shang shì wēi, yāo qiú jiā xīn .
phr. The workers demonstrated in the street, demanding a wage increase.
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shì mín yāo qiú zēng jiā cái zhèng tòu míng dù .
phr. The residents demanded a increase of the degree of openness in finance.
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fǎ guān yāo qiú yuán gào xiān fā yán .
phr. The judge asked the prosecutor to make his speech first.
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lǎo shī yāo qiú wǒ men bǎ zhè xiē tí zuò wán .
phr. The teacher requires us to finish solving these questions.