Chinese

不要

bùyào

to not want

HSK 2

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characterChinese不 “not; un-; in-; il-; im-; ir-”
characterChinese要 “to demand; to ask; to request”

Sources

HSK / TOCFL word lists — Facts (levels)
教育部《國語辭典簡編本》 (Taiwan MOE) — CC BY-ND 3.0 TW
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Wiktionary (via Wiktextract / kaikki.org) — CC BY-SA 4.0