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HSK
main; principal; major; primary
HSK 2
master / host / owner / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
chairperson / premier / chairman / CL: 個|个,
HSK 4
theme / subject
HSK 4
to take the initiative / to do sth of one's own accord / spontaneous / active / opposite: passive 被動|被动 / drive (of gears and shafts etc)
HSK 3
plan / idea / decision / CL: 個|个 / Beijing pr. [zhu2 yi5]
HSK 3
in charge / responsible for / person in charge / manager
HSK 5
to organize / to host (a conference or sports event)
HSK 5
to take charge of / to manage or direct / to preside over / to uphold / to stand for (justice etc) / to host (a TV or radio program etc) / (TV) anchor
HSK 3
leading role; lead / protagonist
HSK 6
main stream (of a river) / fig. the essential point / main viewpoint of a matter / mainstream (culture etc)
HSK 6
leading / dominant / prevailing / to lead / to direct / to dominate
HSK 5
subjective
HSK 5
main part / bulk / body / subject / agent
HSK 5
to rely mainly on / to attach most importance to
HSK 5
to act independently; to be autonomous; to be in control of one's own affairs
HSK 3
director / head / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
to advocate / to stand for / view / position / stand / proposition / viewpoint / assertion / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
(idiom) can't help but; involuntarily
HSK 7-9
host; master of ceremonies; (TV or radio) presenter; anchor / (Tw) (research project) principal investigator (PI); program director
HSK 6
to play the leading role; to star / lead actor
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *唯* | 唯* | *唯
only / alone / -ism (in Chinese, a prefix, often combined with a suffix such as 主義|主义 or 論|论, e.g. 唯理論|唯理论, rationalism)
HSK 7-9
housewife / woman of senior authority in a household / the lady of the house / hostess
HSK 7-9
sovereignty
HSK 7-9
princess
HSK 6
vehicle owner
HSK 5
staple food
HSK 7-9
subject (in grammar)
democracy / democratic
HSK 6
capitalism
HSK 7-9
main force / main strength of an army
HSK 7-9
imperialism
HSK 7-9
host / official host (e.g. venue for games or a conference)
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *主* | 主* | *主
owner / master / host / individual or party concerned / God / Lord / main / to indicate or signify / trump card (in card games)
HSK 7-9
sovereign country
to dominate / to rule / to dictate / master
HSK 7-9
home page
HSK 7-9
hostname (of a networked computer)
Creator (Christianity)
gist / main idea / general tenor / one's judgment
video game console
impressionism
optimism
protectionism
team building (abbr. for 團隊建設|团队建设) / building camaraderie within the Chinese Communist Youth League 中國共產主義青年團|中国共产主义青年团
owner / proprietor
battleship
feminism
mastermind / ringleader / lead plotter
internationalism
terrorism
party chief
advocate strongly
president (title of the head of state of China and several other nations)
to sing the lead vocals / lead singer
absolutism / despotism / autocracy
independent and autonomous (idiom); self-determination / to act independently / to maintain control over one's own affairs
HSK 7-9
pacifism
(Internet slang) uploader (person who uploads a video or other content to the Internet) / pronounced [a4 pu5 zhu3] / (loanword from Japanese うp, "upunushi")
motherboard
theme song
HSK 7-9
monarch / sovereign
the Communist Youth League, abbr. for 共產主義青年團|共产主义青年团
presidium
humanism / humanitarian (aid)
client / customer
editor in chief
HSK 7-9
head of the household
to make up one's mind
master of the house; head of the family
the important and the less important / primary and secondary
to give a lecture / to lecture on
Chairman Mao / Mao Zedong 毛澤東|毛泽东 (1893-1976), Chinese Communist leader
to come up with ideas / to make suggestions / to offer advice
HSK 7-9
-ism / ideology
HSK 7-9
leadership (role)
main engine / (military) lead aircraft / (computing) host computer / main processor / server
hero (of a novel or film); main protagonist
HSK 7-9
subject-verb-object SVO or subject-predicate-object sentence pattern (e.g. in Chinese grammar)
out of one's wits (idiom) / distracted / stunned
to mastermind / to orchestrate / to instigate / mastermind / instigator
one's own view; definite opinion
(Islam) Friday, when Muslims go to the mosque before noon to attend congregational prayers
dou dizhu ("fight the landlord") (card game)
humanism
(music) lead single; the main song promoted from an album
main building
theme song
communism
collectivism
flagship brand
blogger
egoism
master (of the house) / main character in a novel etc / hero or heroine
ruler
to be in charge in one's own house (idiom) / to be the master of one's own affairs
bureaucracy
HSK 7-9
pragmatism
main business
rostrum / platform / CL: 個|个

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