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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
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
in charge / responsible for / person in charge / manager
HSK 5
theme / subject
HSK 4
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
subjective
HSK 5
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
to organize / to host (a conference or sports event)
HSK 5
leading / dominant / prevailing / to lead / to direct / to dominate
HSK 5
to act independently; to be autonomous; to be in control of one's own affairs
HSK 3
main part / bulk / body / subject / agent
HSK 5
director / head / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
to rely mainly on / to attach most importance to
HSK 5
(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
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
editor in chief
HSK 7-9
princess
HSK 6
housewife / woman of senior authority in a household / the lady of the house / hostess
HSK 7-9
staple food
HSK 7-9
democracy / democratic
HSK 6
theme song
HSK 7-9
vehicle owner
HSK 5
main force / main strength of an army
HSK 7-9
socialism
HSK 7-9
home page
HSK 7-9
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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
sovereignty
HSK 7-9
gist / main idea / general tenor / one's judgment
subject-predicate sentence / subject-predicate clause
opportunism / pragmatism
Leninism
advocate strongly
to sing the lead vocals / lead singer
-ism / ideology
HSK 7-9
minimalism
motherboard
(Internet slang) uploader (person who uploads a video or other content to the Internet) / pronounced [a4 pu5 zhu3] / (loanword from Japanese うp, "upunushi")
monarch / sovereign
host team (at sports event) / host side
socialism with Chinese characteristics, phrase introduced by the CCP in 1986 to refer to its ideological model, embracing the economic reforms of the post-Mao era
to make up one's mind
master of the house; head of the family
the important and the less important / primary and secondary
Chairman Mao / Mao Zedong 毛澤東|毛泽东 (1893-1976), Chinese Communist leader
housewife
to come up with ideas / to make suggestions / to offer advice
HSK 7-9
absolutism / despotism / autocracy
capitalism
HSK 7-9
hero (of a novel or film); main protagonist
HSK 7-9
Formalism (art)
to mastermind / to orchestrate / to instigate / mastermind / instigator
philosophy of idealism, the doctrine that external reality is a product of consciousness
(Islam) Friday, when Muslims go to the mosque before noon to attend congregational prayers
president (title of the head of state of China and several other nations)
(music) lead single; the main song promoted from an album
the agency in charge of (e.g. a program); the relevant government body
flagship brand
blogger
trunk line (of road, network etc) / backbone (cable)
(idiom) the first impression is the strongest; to hold a preconceived notion (about sth)
master (of the house) / main character in a novel etc / hero or heroine
ruler
main force (military) / (fig.) the group or element with the most impact / mainstay / main cohort
chef / to be the chef
principle of people's livelihood, the third of Dr Sun Yat-sen's 孫中山|孙中山 Three Principles of the People 三民主義|三民主义 (at the time, meaning redistribution of wealth, self-sufficiency and internal trade)
monarchy
vice-chairperson
romanticism
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)
initiative (as in "seize the initiative") / advantageous position that allows one to call the shots
doctor-in-charge / resident physician
theme park
lit. one's accomplishments overshadow the authority of the sovereign (idiom) / fig. to be so influential that one rivals one's leader
(sports) home ground; home field / (sports) home game / main venue (for a festival etc)
sovereign country
humanism
separatism
landlord / landowner / host
main assault / to focus on / to specialize in / to major in
to lead a government
(news) anchor; (program) host; (Internet) streamer
Dr Sun Yat-sen's 孫中山|孙中山 Three Principles of the People (late 1890s)
main ingredients (in a cooking recipe)
landlord / house owner
Democratic Party
chair country / country holding revolving presidency
core network / backbone network
(computing) motherboard / (stock market) main board
heroine (of a novel or film) / main female protagonist
commander-in-chief (military) / star player (sports) / key figure (in an organization)
democracy (as a system of government)
backbone / mainstay / pillar / definite view / one's own judgment

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