zhèng​yào

to be just about to

  • created reference approved 正要 → 刚要/剛要 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    正要 zhèng​yào

    刚要 / 剛要 gāng​yào

    same_as

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 正要 · zhèng​yào · to be just about to — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    正要

    zhèng​yào

    to be just about to

    To be on the point of doing something; just about to begin an action.

    正 (literal) → 正 · zhèng · precisely 要 (literal) → 要 · yào · will

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense