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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 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 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
theme / subject
HSK 4
chairperson / premier / chairman / CL: 個|个,
HSK 4
subjective
HSK 5
in charge / responsible for / person in charge / manager
HSK 5
leading / dominant / prevailing / to lead / to direct / to dominate
HSK 5
to organize / to host (a conference or sports event)
HSK 5
main part / bulk / body / subject / agent
HSK 5
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
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 play the leading role; to star / lead actor
HSK 7-9
home page
HSK 7-9
-ism / ideology
HSK 7-9
sovereignty
HSK 7-9
housewife / woman of senior authority in a household / the lady of the house / hostess
HSK 7-9
editor in chief
HSK 7-9
staple food
HSK 7-9
theme song
HSK 7-9
to dominate / to rule / to dictate / master
HSK 7-9
hero (of a novel or film); main protagonist
HSK 7-9
main force / main strength of an army
HSK 7-9
Sunday School
commander-in-chief (military) / star player (sports) / key figure (in an organization)
main engine / (military) lead aircraft / (computing) host computer / main processor / server
Lord's Prayer
main line (of communication) / main thread (of a plotline or concept) / central theme
axis / principal axis (in mechanics, optics, botany etc) / main axle (of engine)
official registrar (of a county etc) in imperial China
(news) anchor; (program) host; (Internet) streamer
to give a lecture / to lecture on
main business
bishop
trunk / main / core
the important and the less important / primary and secondary
main assault / to focus on / to specialize in / to major in
(military) commander-in-chief / (sports) team manager / coach
master-slave (computing) / client-server (computing) / primary and secondary
(sports) home ground; home field / (sports) home game / main venue (for a festival etc)
gist / main idea / general tenor / one's judgment
main reason
nominative case (grammar)
subject (in grammar)
Your Highness / Your Majesty
(education) to major in; major
main peak (of a mountain range)
main point of an argument / a principal viewpoint
master and servant
to be in charge of / to concentrate on
main ingredients (in a cooking recipe)
mastermind / ringleader / lead plotter
to lead a government
to sing the lead vocals / lead singer
one's own view; definite opinion
client / customer
required courses in the major subject
Sabbath / Sunday
to act as the chief surgeon / chief surgeon
to mastermind / to orchestrate / to instigate / mastermind / instigator
chef / to be the chef
culprit
(medicine) to complain of; a patient's brief account of their illness / (law) main suit; principal claim
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)
keynote / principal tone / tonic / vowel
guest of honor / host and guests
penalty (kick)
host team (at sports event) / host side
to perform the sacrificial rites at a funeral
main course
theme song
(sports) to referee; to umpire; to officiate / referee; umpire (abbr. for 主裁判)
hostname (of a networked computer)
(music) theme; principal melody / (fig.) central theme; main idea / (of a movie) created with the purpose of promoting Party values and point of view
doctor-in-charge / resident physician
master (of the house) / main character in a novel etc / hero or heroine
keynote speech
principal or main material (engineering)
initiative (as in "seize the initiative") / advantageous position that allows one to call the shots
aorta / principal artery
presidium
committee chairperson
keynote speech
sovereign country
main bearing
the pro-war faction / hawks
subject-predicate sentence / subject-predicate clause
host country
cathedral
tonic triad / triad of the home key
ruler
executive
trunk line (of road, network etc) / backbone (cable)
main group

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