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master / host / owner / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
master's degree / person who has a master's degree / learned person
HSK 5
to grasp (often fig.) / to control / to seize (initiative, opportunity, destiny) / to master / to know well / to understand sth well and know how to use it / fluency
HSK 5
master / qualified worker / respectful form of address for older men / CL: 個|个, ,
HSK 5
great master / master
HSK 6
expert / past master / dab hand
HSK 6
used for 師傅|师傅 (in Taiwan) / master / qualified worker
HSK 6
to learn; to master / institute; learned society; (scholarly) association
HSK 6
host; master of ceremonies; (TV or radio) presenter; anchor / (Tw) (research project) principal investigator (PI); program director
HSK 6
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  *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
to dominate / to rule / to dictate / master
HSK 7-9
to be proficient in / to master (a subject)
HSK 7-9
to urge on (of horse) / to drive / to steer / to handle / to manage / to master / to dominate
HSK 7-9
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  *师* | 师* | *师
teacher / master / expert / model / army division / (old) troops / to dispatch troops
(old) to report to one's master
master sleuth / lit. miraculous detective / cf Sherlock Holmes 福爾摩斯|福尔摩斯 or Di Renjie 狄仁傑|狄仁杰
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  *拜* | 拜* | *拜
to bow to; to pay one's respects / (bound form) to extend greetings (on a specific occasion) / to make a courtesy call / (bound form) (of a monarch) to appoint sb to (a position) by performing a ceremony / to acknowledge sb as one's (master, godfather etc) / (used before some verbs to indicate politeness)
master of ceremonies (MC)
a real person / Daoist spiritual master
one who has mastered the sutras (Buddhism)
the original / original document / master copy
famous master / great teacher
renowned expert / master (of an art or craft)
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  *硕* | 硕* | *硕
(bound form) large; big / (bound form) master's degree (abbr. for 碩士|硕士)
son of the boss / young master of the house / your son (honorific)
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  *霸* | 霸* | *霸
hegemon / tyrant / lord / feudal chief / to rule by force / to usurp / (in modern advertising) master
master and disciple
to obtain / to master / overhand (serve etc) / seat of honor
Master (old form of address for teachers, scholars) / (used sarcastically) pedant
to master the subject via a comprehensive study of surrounding areas
young disciple (of the same master) / younger or junior male schoolmate
master-slave (computing) / client-server (computing) / primary and secondary
teacher / master
sporting coach / military drill master (in Song times)
Sanxia wuyi (lit. Three knight-errants and five righteous one), novel edited from stories of late Qing dynasty pinghua 評話|评话 master storyteller Shi Yukun 石玉昆
(respectful) lord / master / (coll.) maternal grandfather
to formally become an apprentice to a master
master thief
great master (of literature, music etc)
lord / master / young gentleman / male prostitute / catamite / mahjong player disqualified by unintentionally taking in the wrong number of dominoes / (old form of address for one's husband) husband
disciple / student (of a famous master)
master and servant
(Mohism) master; leader / an authority; a prominent figure / tycoon; magnate
the cassock and alms bowl of a Buddhist master passed on to the favorite disciple (Buddhism) / legacy / mantle
to be in charge in one's own house (idiom) / to be the master of one's own affairs
my husband and master (archaic) / playboy of rich family / pimp
enlightened sage / brilliant master (flattering words applied to ruler)
well versed in letters and military technology (idiom); fine scholar and soldier / master of pen and sword
the rules and discipline that apply within a family / stick used for punishing children or servants / traditions of an artistic or academic school of thought, passed on from master to pupil
master of the house; head of the family
boxing coach / pugilist master
Taishang Huang / Retired Emperor / father of the reigning emperor / fig. puppet master
bathroom infrared heater, marketed as "bath master"
revered master
master (i.e. employer) / landlord / boss
mastery of study lies in diligence (idiom). You can only master a subject by assiduous study. / Excellence in work is only possible with diligence. / Practice makes perfect.
to study / to learn from a master / (pupil's first person pronoun) I, your student
to have only one heir in a generation (of a family, clan etc) / to be learned from only one master (of a skill, art etc)
a dog threatens based on master's power (idiom); to use one's position to bully others
Master Dengtu, a famous historical lecherous character / lecher; skirt-chaser
to master (a skill)
lit. to behave like a dog wagging its tail, seeking its master's affection (idiom) / fig. to fawn on sb / to bow and scrape / to grovel
founding master of a monastery / founder / originator
person with remarkable academic or artistic attainments / master craftsman / highly esteemed person
underripe / half-cooked / (fig.) not mastered (of a technique) / clumsy / halting
lit. the snow piles up at Cheng Yi's door (idiom) / fig. deep reverence for one's master
one who can correct a misread or misspelt character and thus be your master
master / famous artist or sportsman
crumbs from the table of one's master / castoffs / bits of rubbish / idle talk / casual remarks
term used by a teacher or master to refer to themself when speaking to their student
Zhu Xi or Chu Hsi (1130-1200), also known as Master Zhu 朱子, Song dynasty Confucian writer and propagandist, founder of neo-Confucianism
to pass on doctrines from master to disciple (Buddhism)
Lu Ban, legendary master craftsman, called the father of Chinese carpentry
Three Murder Cases Solved by Judge Dee, 1949 novel by R.H. van Gulik, featuring Tang Dynasty politician Di Renjie 狄仁傑|狄仁杰 as master sleuth
Master Zhu, another name for Zhu Xi 朱熹
master tape
great calligraphy master / the Sage of Calligraphy, traditional reference to Wang Xizhi 王羲之 (303-361)
Wang Can (177-217), poet, generally regarded as the most brilliant of "the seven masters of Jian'an" 建安
Yip Man (1893-1972), martial arts practitioner, master of Bruce Lee
master (of the house) / main character in a novel etc / hero or heroine
Master's degree student
the distinctive style and techniques handed down from master to apprentice within a particular school
master's degree
eight-part essay one had to master to pass the imperial exams in Ming and Qing dynasties
(dialect) boss's son / rich man's son / young master
Di Renjie (607-700), Tang dynasty politician, prime minister under Wu Zetian, subsequently hero of legends / master sleuth Judge Dee, aka Chinese Sherlock Holmes, in novel Three murder cases solved by Judge Dee 狄公案 translated by Dutch sinologist R.H. van Gulik 高羅珮|高罗佩
to formally accept sb as (one's adoptive mother, one's master etc)
Mei Lanfang (1894-1961), famous master of Beijing opera, specialist in female roles
higher education record / record including Master's or Doctoral degree
Wong Fei-hung (1847-1925), martial arts master
lit. in every trade, a master appears (idiom); fig. You can produce outstanding achievements in any task, provided you put it enough love and diligence
Molière (1622-1673), French playwright and actor, master of comedy
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  *圣* | 圣* | *圣
(bound form) peerless (in wisdom, moral virtue, skill etc) / (bound form) peerless individual; paragon (sage, saint, emperor, master of a skill etc) / (bound form) holy; sacred
Master of the Nets Garden in Suzhou, Jiangsu
overall plan / master plan
lit. the color blue is made out of indigo but is more vivid than indigo (idiom) / fig. the student surpasses the master
(Mohism) master; leader (variant of 鉅子|巨子)
extensive but not refined (idiom); to know something about everything / jack-of-all-trades, master of none
Master of Business Administration (MBA)
master chef

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