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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
subject (in grammar)
leading role; lead / protagonist
HSK 6
theme / subject
HSK 4
sovereign country
hostname (of a networked computer)
gist / main idea / general tenor / one's judgment
in charge / responsible for / person in charge / manager
HSK 5
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
to play the leading role; to star / lead actor
HSK 7-9
battleship
mastermind / ringleader / lead plotter
housewife / woman of senior authority in a household / the lady of the house / hostess
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
to sing the lead vocals / lead singer
sovereignty
HSK 7-9
motherboard
presidium
client / customer
plan / idea / decision / CL: 個|个 / Beijing pr. [zhu2 yi5]
HSK 3
the important and the less important / primary and secondary
to give a lecture / to lecture on
leadership (role)
main engine / (military) lead aircraft / (computing) host computer / main processor / server
staple food
HSK 7-9
subject-verb-object SVO or subject-predicate-object sentence pattern (e.g. in Chinese grammar)
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
leading / dominant / prevailing / to lead / to direct / to dominate
HSK 5
(music) lead single; the main song promoted from an album
main building
theme song
main force / main strength of an army
HSK 7-9
flagship brand
master (of the house) / main character in a novel etc / hero or heroine
ruler
subjective
HSK 5
main part / bulk / body / subject / agent
HSK 5
main business
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
rostrum / platform / CL: 個|个
keynote speech
to dominate / to rule / to dictate / master
HSK 7-9
chef / to be the chef
lead underwriter
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
leader / the one in control / main (part, character etc)
home page
HSK 7-9
main assault / to focus on / to specialize in / to major in
(sports) home ground; home field / (sports) home game / main venue (for a festival etc)
to lead a government
(news) anchor; (program) host; (Internet) streamer
host; master of ceremonies; (TV or radio) presenter; anchor / (Tw) (research project) principal investigator (PI); program director
HSK 6
main ingredients (in a cooking recipe)
commander-in-chief (military) / star player (sports) / key figure (in an organization)
(computing) motherboard / (stock market) main board
main line (of communication) / main thread (of a plotline or concept) / central theme
backbone / mainstay / pillar / definite view / one's own judgment
the agency in charge of (e.g. a program); the relevant government body
principal; main; flagship (product); title (track) / to specialize in; to take as one's priority; to primarily focus on
subject
main bearing
main reason
to perform the sacrificial rites at a funeral
main channel
principal or main material (engineering)
culprit
leadership
required courses in the major subject
(coll.) person in charge, manager (originally, chiefly in Hong Kong, Macau); (esp.) creative director or founder of a boutique brand (newer, mainstream sense)
(education) to major in; major
penalty (kick)
subject-predicate construction
theme song
HSK 7-9
committee chairperson
Your Highness / Your Majesty
subject-object-verb SOV or subject-object-predicate sentence pattern (e.g. in Japanese or Korean grammar)
master and servant
guest of honor / host and guests
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)
main peak (of a mountain range)
editor in chief
HSK 7-9
host team (at sports event) / host side
trunk line (of road, network etc) / backbone (cable)
initiative (as in "seize the initiative") / advantageous position that allows one to call the shots
nominative case (grammar)
(military) commander-in-chief / (sports) team manager / coach
Master (term used by servant) / Your Majesty / operator (of machine)
-ism / ideology
HSK 7-9
hero (of a novel or film); main protagonist
HSK 7-9
aorta / principal artery
the pro-war faction / hawks
doctor-in-charge / resident physician
chief accounting officer / controller / comptroller / (Han Dynasty) treasurer
main force (military) / (fig.) the group or element with the most impact / mainstay / main cohort
umbrella brand (marketing)

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