In Chinese, 要 has many meanings, one of which is "need to." However, when you want to express "don't need to", you actually use 不用, not 不要.

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不用担心。Bùyòng dānxīn.You don't need to worry.
不用你帮忙。Bùyòng nǐ bāngmáng.You don't need to help.
今天不用加班。Jīntiān bùyòng jiābān.We don't need to work overtime today.
这件事不用跟他说。Zhè jiàn shì bùyòng gēn tā shuō.You don't need to tell him about this.
告诉他明天不用来了。Gàosu tā míngtiān bùyòng lái le.Tell him that he doesn't need to come tomorrow.
大家不用给我买礼物。Dàjiā bùyòng gěi wǒ mǎi lǐwù.Guys, you don't need to buy me presents.
今天人少，不用排队。Jīntiān rén shǎo, bùyòng páiduì.There aren't many people today. We don't need to wait in line.
五岁的孩子不用买票。 Wǔ suì de háizi bùyòng mǎi piào.Five-year-olds don't need to buy tickets.
新员工不用参加这个会议。Xīn yuángōng bùyòng cānjiā zhège huìyì.New employees don't need to attend this meeting.
我们只去两天，你不用带这么多衣服。Wǒmen zhǐ qù liǎng tiān, nǐ bùyòng dài zhème duō yīfu.We are only going for two days. You don't need to take this much clothing.

Colloquial Saying with 这还用说

In spoken Chinese, the rhetorical question, "这还用说(吗)?", indicates the speaker believes that the statement is obvious. It is equivalent to the speaker saying, "is that seriously a question?" or "do you really need to ask?" Often "这还用说(吗)?" is said in an impatient tone of voice.

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Colloquial Saying with 这还用说

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