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		Trad	Simp	Mandarin	Definition	Days old	Ver
		基本需要	基本需要	[ji1 ben3 xu1 yao4]	/basic necessity/fundamental need/	6877	1
		需要是發明之母	需要是发明之母	[xu1 yao4 shi4 fa1 ming2 zhi1 mu3]	/Necessity is the mother of invention (European proverb)./	6521	1
		需要	需要	[[xu1yao4]]	/to need; to want; to demand; to require/needs/	831	2
		只有	只有	[[zhi3you3]]	/only have ...; there is only .../(used in combination with 才[cai2]) it is only if ... (that one can ...) (as in 只有通過治療才能痊愈\|只有通过治疗才能痊愈[zhi3you3 tong1guo4 zhi4liao2 cai2 neng2 quan2yu4] "the only way to cure it is with therapy")/it is only (someone) who ... (as in 只有男性才有此需要[zhi3you3 nan2xing4 cai2 you3 ci3 xu1yao4] "only men would have such a requirement")/(used to express lack of alternatives) can only; have no choice but to (as in 只有屈服[zhi3you3 qu1fu2] "the only thing you can do is give in")/	397	2

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