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HSK
master / host / owner / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
main; principal; major; primary
HSK 2
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
director / head / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
to advocate / to stand for / view / position / stand / proposition / viewpoint / assertion / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
plan / idea / decision / CL: 個|个 / Beijing pr. [zhu2 yi5]
HSK 3
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
to act independently; to be autonomous; to be in control of one's own affairs
HSK 3
theme / subject
HSK 4
chairperson / premier / chairman / CL: 個|个,
HSK 4
to rely mainly on / to attach most importance to
HSK 5
to organize / to host (a conference or sports event)
HSK 5
vehicle owner
HSK 5
subjective
HSK 5
main part / bulk / body / subject / agent
HSK 5
leading / dominant / prevailing / to lead / to direct / to dominate
HSK 5
in charge / responsible for / person in charge / manager
HSK 5
host; master of ceremonies; (TV or radio) presenter; anchor / (Tw) (research project) principal investigator (PI); program director
HSK 6
democracy / democratic
HSK 6
main stream (of a river) / fig. the essential point / main viewpoint of a matter / mainstream (culture etc)
HSK 6
leading role; lead / protagonist
HSK 6
princess
HSK 6
bureaucracy
HSK 7-9
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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
staple food
HSK 7-9
to play the leading role; to star / lead actor
HSK 7-9
main force / main strength of an army
HSK 7-9
home page
HSK 7-9
employer
HSK 7-9
editor in chief
HSK 7-9
hero (of a novel or film); main protagonist
HSK 7-9
theme song
HSK 7-9
housewife / woman of senior authority in a household / the lady of the house / hostess
HSK 7-9
(idiom) can't help but; involuntarily
HSK 7-9
independent and autonomous (idiom); self-determination / to act independently / to maintain control over one's own affairs
HSK 7-9
capitalism
HSK 7-9
host / official host (e.g. venue for games or a conference)
HSK 7-9
imperialism
HSK 7-9
to come up with ideas / to make suggestions / to offer advice
HSK 7-9
variant of 雇主
HSK 7-9
-ism / ideology
HSK 7-9
to dominate / to rule / to dictate / master
HSK 7-9
sovereignty
HSK 7-9
Catholicism
HSK 7-9
socialism
HSK 7-9
gist / main idea / general tenor / one's judgment
(sports) to referee; to umpire; to officiate / referee; umpire (abbr. for 主裁判)
colonialism
neocolonialism
axis / principal axis (in mechanics, optics, botany etc) / main axle (of engine)
the pro-war faction / hawks
forum moderator / webmaster
tonic triad / triad of the home key
Liberal Democratic Party
Marxism
God (in Catholicism) / abbr. for 天主教, Catholicism
cliquism / small-group mentality
subject-verb-object SVO or subject-predicate-object sentence pattern (e.g. in Chinese grammar)
progressivism
the Catholic Church
theme song
money worship
revisionism
Princess Taiping (c. 665-713), Tang Dynasty princess, politically powerful and known for her beauty
Catholic cardinal
hegemonism
Sinocentrism
(sports) home ground; home field / (sports) home game / main venue (for a festival etc)
monarchy
main engine / (military) lead aircraft / (computing) host computer / main processor / server
subject
owner / proprietor
idealism
the agency in charge of (e.g. a program); the relevant government body
motherboard
recipient (of an award) / winner (in a competition)
to be in charge in one's own house (idiom) / to be the master of one's own affairs
doctor-in-charge / resident physician
communism
original poster (in an online forum) / landlord of a building (traditional)
bishop
head of a household
dogmatism
Gongzhuling, county-level city in Changchun 長春市|长春市, Jilin
totalitarianism
absolutism / despotism / autocracy
main line (of communication) / main thread (of a plotline or concept) / central theme
main course
housewife
(computing) motherboard / (stock market) main board
deputy director / assistant head
customer
monarch / sovereign
cynicism
Your Highness / Your Majesty
hostess / mistress
host team (at sports event) / host side
the Savior (in Christianity)
Snow White
socialist

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