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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

[bì]
  1. 1. adverb [必然] certainly
  2. 2. adverb [必须]
    修科目
    compulsory subjects

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

[bì]
  1. 1. adverb certainly; surely; necessarily
    我明天下午三点到。
    I'll definitely be there at 3 p.m. tomorrow.
    你们这次访问将增强两国人民之间的友谊。
    Your visit will certainly strengthen the friendship between our two peoples.
  2. 2. adverb must; have to
    读书目
    a list of required reading
    事物的发展有一定的条件。
    Things can only develop under certain conditions.

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

[bì]
  1. 1. 表示事理上确定不移或主观上认为确凿无误
    人民
    坚持到底,能成功。
  2. 2. 一定要;
    不可少
    躬亲。

Examples

读书目
a list of required reading
得去一趟。
You simply must go.
书评作者的批评没有要这样欺侮人。
The reviewer's criticism was unnecessarily insulting.
人不犯我,我不犯人;人若犯我,我犯人。
We will not attack unless we are attacked; if we are attacked, we will certainly counterattack.
我死而有知,当诉之神明。
If my spirit survives after death, I will certainly take my case to the gods.
圆的直径相交于圆心。
Any two diameters of a circle intersect each other.
语云,“将欲取之,先与之。”
As the saying goes, "Give in order to take."
你就直接交给他,不要我转手了。
Give it directly to him; there is no need to do it through me.

Character Decomposition


[xīn]
+ 丿
[piě]

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