必须 (bì xū): meaning and stroke order

必须 in our stories

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• 钟远坚持产品要慢慢打磨，苗立却认为，市场不等人，必须抢在对手前面上市。

  Zhōng Yuǎn jiānchí chǎnpǐn yào mànmàn dǎmó Miáo Lì què rènwéi shìchǎng bù děng rén bìxū qiǎng zài duìshǒu qiánmiàn shàngshì

  Zhong Yuan insisted the product needed careful polishing; Miao Li believed the market waits for no one and they had to go public before their rivals.

  From the story The day he rang the bell HSK 7–9 · Level 7

• 单子上写着：“海兴号”船底有裂缝，必须马上修理。可是在下面，公司老板用红笔批了两个字：“缓修。”

  dānzi shàng xiě zhe Hǎixīng hào chuándǐ yǒu lièfèng bìxū mǎshàng xiūlǐ kěshì zài xiàmiàn gōngsī lǎobǎn yòng hóng bǐ pī le liǎng gè zì huǎn xiū

  It said the Haixing's hull was cracked and had to be repaired at once. But underneath, the company owner had written two words in red ink: "Delay repair."

  From the story The storm that never was HSK 7–9 · Level 8

• 官员想了一夜，第二天下了一道奇怪的命令：全村的男人，必须在中午以前把自己家的镰刀带到广场上来，谁不来，谁就是凶手。

  guānyuán xiǎng le yí yè dì-èr tiān xià le yí dào qíguài de mìnglìng quáncūn de nánrén bìxū zài zhōngwǔ yǐqián bǎ zìjǐ jiā de liándāo dài dào guǎngchǎng shàng lái shéi bù lái shéi jiù shì xiōngshǒu

  The official thought all night, and the next day issued a strange order: every man in the village must bring his household's sickle to the square before noon; whoever failed to come would be taken for the killer.

  From the story The flies that solved the case HSK 7–9 · Level 9