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要是
yàoshi
1.
if
HSK 4
Very Common • Top 1%
Character Breakdown
Compound Words (1)
Example Sentences (6)
要是太看重结果，失败就会给人们带来很多烦恼。
Yàoshì tài kànzhòng jiéguǒ, shībài jiù huì gěi rénmen dàilái hěn duō fánnǎo.
If people care too much about results, failure will bring them a lot of worry.
Text 4
你可以做苹果饭、香蕉饭，要是你愿意，还可以做西瓜饭。
Nǐ kěyǐ zuò píngguǒ fàn, xiāngjiāo fàn, yàoshi nǐ yuànyì, hái kěyǐ zuò xīguā fàn.
You can make apple rice, banana rice; if you want, you can also make watermelon rice.
Text 4
这个问题以前一个记者也问过我。做生意时虽然会遇到各种压力和困难，但是大家的机会都是相同的。你看，这里有三块大小不同的西瓜，我们用西瓜的大小代表钱的多少，要是我们一起开始吃，你会先选哪块？
Zhège wèntí yǐqián yí gè jìzhě yě wènguò wǒ. Zuò shēngyì shí suīrán huì yùdào gèzhǒng yālì hé kùnnán, dànshì dàjiā de jīhuì dōu shì xiāngtóng de. Nǐ kàn, zhèlǐ yǒu sān kuài dàxiǎo bùtóng de xīguā, wǒmen yòng xīguā de dàxiǎo dàibiǎo qián de duōshǎo, yàoshi wǒmen yìqǐ kāishǐ chī, nǐ huì xiān xuǎn nǎ kuài?
A reporter asked me this question before, too. When doing business, although we will encounter various pressures and difficulties, everyone has the same opportunities. Look, here are three pieces of watermelon of different sizes; we use the size of the watermelon to represent how much money there is. If we start eating together, which piece would you choose first?
Text 2
有一位教授用数字来说明健康有多么重要：要是健康是1，其他都是1后面的0；如果没有1，不管有多少0也没用。
Yǒu yí wèi jiàoshòu yòng shùzì lái shuōmíng jiànkāng yǒu duōme zhòngyào: yàoshi jiànkāng shì 1, qítā dōu shì 1 hòumiàn de 0; rúguǒ méiyǒu 1, bùguǎn yǒu duōshǎo 0 yě méiyòng.
A professor used numbers to explain how important health is: if health is 1, everything else is the zeros after 1; if there is no 1, no matter how many zeros there are, it's useless.
Text 4
既然别人找我帮忙，说明他真的很需要我的帮助。我担心要是说“不”的话，会让他误会和伤心。
Jìrán biérén zhǎo wǒ bāngmáng, shuōmíng tā zhēn de hěn xūyào wǒ de bāngzhù. Wǒ dānxīn yàoshì shuō 'bù' de huà, huì ràng tā wùhuì hé shāngxīn.
Since someone asked me for help, it shows that he really needs my help. I'm worried that if I say 'no', it will make him misunderstand and feel hurt.
Text 3
如果孩子比较骄傲，应该让他明白还有很多知识需要学习；要是孩子性格有些害羞，就要经常鼓励他说出自己的看法，这样才能让每一个孩子都健康地发展。
Rúguǒ háizǐ bǐjiào jiāo'ào, yīnggāi ràng tā míngbái háiyǒu hěnduō zhīshí xūyào xuéxí; yàoshì háizǐ xìnggé yǒuxiē hàixiū, jiù yào jīngcháng gǔlì tā shuōchū zìjǐ de kànfǎ, zhèyàng cáinéng ràng měi yígè háizǐ dōu jiànkāng de fāzhǎn.
If a child is rather proud, he should be made to understand that there is still a lot of knowledge to learn; if a child is somewhat shy in character, he should be encouraged often to express his own views, so that every child can develop healthily.
Text 5
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