mission; assignment; task; duty; role / CL: 項｜项

to grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born / to arise; to occur / to light (a fire) / to live; to be alive / life / raw; uncooked; unprocessed / unfamiliar; strange / (bound form) student; person engaged in a field / (bound form) male role in traditional opera / (bound form) life; lifetime / (bound form) means of livelihood / (bound form) very; intensely (as in 生疼) / (bound form) in a forced manner (as in 生拉硬拽)

leading role; lead / protagonist

role; part (in a play or movie etc) / also pr. [jiao3se4]

adornment / to adorn / dress / clothing / costume (of an actor in a play) / to play a role / to pretend / to install / to fix / to wrap (sth in a bag) / to load / to pack

to play the leading role; to star / lead actor

tip / end / final stage / latter part / inessential detail / powder / dust / opera role of old man

to serve as / to act as / to play the role of

clean / completely / only / net (income, exports etc) / (Chinese opera) painted face male role

identity; aspect of one's identity (e.g. mayor, father, permanent resident); role; capacity (as in "in his capacity as ..." 以 + ... + 的身份); status (social, legal etc); position; rank

not to distinguish; to make no distinction / (LGBT slang) versatile (open to either penetrative or receptive role)

to play the role of / to act

(of a role or status) newly appointed; newly become; newly minted

(to play) one's part / one's role / one's duty / (to stay within) one's bounds / dutiful / keeping to one's role

(in an expression of the form 起到 + … + 作用) to have (a (motivating etc) effect); to play (a (stabilizing etc) role)

to disguise oneself as / to dress up / to play (a role) / to put on (an expression)

married woman; wife (as a social role)

(acknowledged) place / a role to play / niche

minister / diplomat performing ambassadorial role in Qing times, before regular diplomatic relations

to have an effect / to play a role / to be operative / to work / to function

to take over (from those working the previous shift) / to take over (in a leadership role etc) / to succeed sb

to serve in the role of / (sports) to play as (midfielder, defender etc)

function / role

to play a small role

to appear on stage in an amateur capacity / (of a professional) to make a guest appearance / (fig.) to assume a role outside one's usual duties; to substitute for

model; example (for people to follow); (in reference to a person) role model

meritorious official / person who renders exceptional service; hero / (fig.) sth that plays a vital role

to play a critical role (idiom) / influential

murder mystery game (role-playing game)

father (as a social role)

opera (or role) involving much singing and action / (fig.) highlight / main feature / major activity

the role an actor plays best (idiom) / (fig.) one's specialty / one's forte

to play a major role in a creative endeavor (e.g. making a movie) / person who plays a key creative role (e.g. movie director)

female warrior role in Chinese opera

Duke of Zhou (11th c. BC), son of King Wen of Zhou 周文王, played an important role as regent in founding the Western Zhou 西周, and is also known as the "God of Dreams"

(soccer) attacking midfield; attacking midfielder role

to play the role of the villain (idiom)

roly-poly toy

mother (as a social role)

to play a leading role / to bear a heavy responsibility

boss / sir (person with a leading role in an organization) / (after a surname) high ranking commander in the PLA / (Qing dynasty) high ranking government official / (old) courteous term used by the general populace in addressing a rank-and-file soldier or police officer

to swap places / to exchange roles

seat of honor / person in a high-ranking position / to be promoted to a more senior role / (genetics) epistatic

to play the role of the hero (idiom) / to play the good cop

(idiom) to take on a leadership role at a time of crisis

(of a role) arduous / important / (a vehicle's) loading capacity

Mei Lanfang (1894-1961), famous master of Beijing opera, specialist in female roles

initiative / active role

to appear in sb's show / (fig.) to give one's support to an endeavor by taking on an important role in it

clown role in opera / clown / buffoon

married man; husband (as a social role)

to attack and defend (usu. in reference to opposing sides, but can be one party playing both roles)

(of an actor) to inhabit one's role / to become the character / (of an audience) to get involved in the drama

to play the role of the strict parent (or superior etc)

Taku Forts, maritime defense works in Tianjin dating back to the Ming dynasty, playing a prominent role during the Opium Wars (1839-1860)

role (theater) / to compete / ancient three legged wine vessel / third note of pentatonic scale

berserker (Norse warrior or fantasy role-playing character)

lit. to proclaim oneself hegemon / to take a leading role / to build a personal fiefdom

profession / role (acting)

player character (in a role-playing game)

to appear on camera / to play a role in a film

gender role

the most senior minister of many kingdoms or dynasties (with varying roles) / prime minister

remuneration for playing a role in a movie or television drama

to introduce oneself / originally a theatrical device in which a character explains his own role

significant role / major figure

maiden stage role / first performance / first public showing

starring female role in a Chinese opera

tablet announcing the name of leading actor in a theatrical production / by extension, the lead role

starring male role in a Chinese opera

female military role in a Chinese opera

woodlouse (suborder Oniscidea within the order Isopoda) / a.k.a. roly-poly, pill bug, sow bug etc

pill bug; roly-poly

role-playing game (RPG)

to interpret / to comment and explain / to annotate / to perform (i.e. interpret a theatrical role) / to decode / interpretation / annotation

to act in a supporting role / fig. to play second fiddle

green leaf / (fig.) actor playing a supporting role

role of vivacious young female in Chinese opera

black clothes / servant (old) / young woman role in Chinese opera, also called 正旦

(Chinese opera) to play a role outside of one's specialty / (modern) to play a transvestite role / to masquerade as an opponent

(Chinese opera) tongchui hualian, a military character holding a bronze mace, classified as a jing 淨｜净 role

(idiom) to use a talented person in a role far beneath their ability; a waste of talent

ODA Nobunaga (1534-1582), Japanese shogun (warlord), played an important role in unifying Japan

supporting role; minor role / (of actors) to perform together

decoration / ornament / to decorate / to adorn / to hide / to conceal (a fault) / excuse (to hide a fault) / to play a role (in opera) / to impersonate

straight man (supporting role in comic dialogue 對口相聲｜对口相声) / (of a straight man) to react with exasperation to the silliness of the funny man 逗哏

male actor playing the female role (Chinese opera)

Taku Forts, maritime defense works in Tianjin dating back to the Ming dynasty, playing a prominent role during the Opium Wars (1839-1860)

to assist one's husband and educate the children (idiom) / the traditional roles of a good wife

tabletop role-playing game

(literary) to entrust with (a task); to appoint to (a role)

(humble expression) to participate (in sth); to play a humble role in

young unmarried lady role in Chinese opera

dan, female roles in Chinese opera (traditionally played by specialized male actors)

to attach sb's name to (a role); to go by the title of / nominal; in name only

to split the bill (where the male counterpart foots the larger portion of the sum) / (theater) a system where two actors take turns in acting the main role, with one actor replacing the other if either is unavailable

lit. the story of the broken mirror of Princess Lechang 樂昌公主｜乐昌公主 (In the tale, the princess and her husband, fearing separation during the turbulence of war, broke a bronze mirror in half. They each kept one half as a token, with the promise to reunite by matching the pieces together. They were indeed separated, but eventually reunited, with the mirror playing a crucial role in their reunion.) (idiom) / fig. the reunion of separated lovers or the restoration of a relationship

berserker (fantasy role-playing)

to accept an acting role

Tan Zhenlin (1902-1983), PRC revolutionary and military leader, played political role after the Cultural Revolution