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要做爱,不要作战 /yào zuò'ài meaning in English

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要做爱,不要作战 /yào zuò'ài phrase

make love, not war(hippie anti-war slogan)
phrase

要 /yào/ verb

have to(obligation)
verb
[UK: həv tuː] [US: həv ˈtuː]

need [needed, needing, needs](to want strongly)
verb
[UK: niːd] [US: ˈniːd]

want [wanted, wanting, wants](desire)
verb
[UK: wɒnt] [US: ˈwɑːnt]

will [willed, willed, willing, wills](indicating future action)
verb
[UK: wɪl] [US: wɪl]

要 /yào/ preposition

in the mood(disposed to do (something))
preposition

药 /yào/

medicine(substance which promotes healing)
[UK: ˈmed.sn̩] [US: ˈme.dəs.n̩]

药 /yào/ noun

drug [drugs](substance used as a medical treatment, see also: medicine)
noun
[UK: ˈdrʌɡ] [US: ˈdrʌɡ]

药 /yào/ adjective

medical(of the practice of medicine)
adjective
[UK: ˈme.dɪk.l̩] [US: ˈme.dək.l̩]

medicinal(tending to cure disease)
adjective
[UK: mɪ.ˈdɪ.snəl] [US: mə.ˈdɪ.sə.nəl]

鹞 /yào/ noun

harrier [harriers](birds of prey)
noun
[UK: ˈhæ.rɪə(r)] [US: ˈhe.riər]

做爱 /zuò'ài/ verb

have sex(take part in a sexual act)
verb
[UK: həv seks] [US: həv ˈseks]

make love(to engage in sexual intercourse, see also: copulate)
verb
[UK: ˈmeɪk ˈlʌv] [US: ˈmeɪk ˈlʌv]

作爱 /zuò'ài/ verb

make love(to engage in sexual intercourse, see also: copulate)
verb
[UK: ˈmeɪk ˈlʌv] [US: ˈmeɪk ˈlʌv]

敷藥 /fū yào/ verb

dress [dressed, dressing, dresses](to apply a dressing to or otherwise treat (a wound))
verb
[UK: dres] [US: ˈdres]

不要 /bù yào/ verb

cannot(cannot, see also: can; not)
verb
[UK: ˈkæn.ɒt] [US: ˈkæn.ɑːt]

还要 /hái yào/ adverb

still(to an even greater degree)
adverb
[UK: stɪl] [US: ˈstɪl]

要上厕所 /yào shàng cèsuǒ/ phrase

nature calls(the speaker feels a need to urinate or defecate)
phrase

要有光 /yào yǒu guāng/ phrase

let there be lightphrase

我要知道 /wǒ yào zhīdào/ phrase

I want to knowphrase

主要的 /zhǔ yào de/ adjective

dominant(ruling, governing)
adjective
[UK: ˈdɒ.mɪ.nənt] [US: ˈdɑː.mə.nənt]

我要求职 /wǒ yào qiúzhí/ phrase

I'm looking for a jobphrase
[UK: aɪm ˈlʊkɪŋ fɔː(r) ə dʒɒb] [US: ˈaɪm ˈlʊkɪŋ ˈfɔːr ə ˈdʒɑːb]

长生不老之药 /chángshēngbùlǎo zhī yào/ noun

elixir of life(elixir that brings immortality)
noun
[UK: ɪ.ˈlɪk.sə(r) əv laɪf] [US: ə.ˈlɪk.sər əv ˈlaɪf]

我不要 /wǒ bù yào/ phrase

I don't want itphrase

yòu yào mǎr bù chīcǎo/ verb

have one's cake and eat it too(to seek to have two things which are mutually incompatible)
verb

要洗的衣服 /yào xǐ de yīfu/ noun

laundry [laundries](that which needs to be laundered)
noun
[UK: ˈlɔːn.dri] [US: ˈlɒn.dri]

要下雨了吗? /yào xiàyǔ le ma?/ phrase

is it going to rainphrase

又要马儿好,又要马儿不吃草 /yòu yào mǎr hǎo verb

have one's cake and eat it too(to seek to have two things which are mutually incompatible)
verb

笑得要死 /xiào de yào sǐ/ verb

laugh one's head off(laugh uproariously)
verb
[UK: lɑːf wʌnz hed ɒf] [US: ˈlæf wʌnz ˈhed ˈɒf]

要说的有很多 /yào shuō de yǒu hěnduō/ phrase

much to be said(assertion)
phrase

xiān yào zhuāzhù nánrén de wèi/ phrase

the way to a man's heart is through his stomach(cooking food for a man is a good way to win his affections)
phrase

你要上厕所吗? /nǐ yào shàng cèsuǒ ma/ phrase

do you need to use the bathroomphrase

重症需下猛药 /zhòngzhèng xū xià měng yào/ phrase

desperate times call for desperate measures(in adverse circumstances, actions that might have been rejected may become the best choice)
phrase

要想抓住男人的心,先要抓住男人的胃 /yào xiǎng zhuāzhù nánrén de xīn phrase

the way to a man's heart is through his stomach(cooking food for a man is a good way to win his affections)
phrase

活要见人死要见尸 /huó yào jiàn rén sǐ yào jiàn shī / adjective

dead or alive(wanted poster term)
adjective
[UK: ded ɔː(r) ə.ˈlaɪv] [US: ˈded ɔːr ə.ˈlaɪv]