fēi​yào

to insist on

  • created sense approved 非要 · fēi​yào · to insist on — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    非要

    fēi​yào

    to insist on

    To want absolutely; to insist on doing something (often expressing stubbornness)

    非 (literal) → 非 · fēi · to insist on 要 (literal) → 要 · yào · to want

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    created sense

  • created sense approved 非要 · fēi​yào · must — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    非要

    fēi​yào

    must

    To have to; to be required to (often used in the pattern [[非要|非要|fei1 yao4]]...[[不可|不可|bu4 ke3]])

    非 (literal) → 非 · fēi · to insist on 要 (literal) → 要 · yào · must

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

    created sense