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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
theme / subject
HSK 4
chairperson / premier / chairman / CL: 個|个,
HSK 4
to organize / to host (a conference or sports event)
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
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
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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
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
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
-ism / ideology
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
(sports) to referee; to umpire; to officiate / referee; umpire (abbr. for 主裁判)
axis / principal axis (in mechanics, optics, botany etc) / main axle (of engine)
the pro-war faction / hawks
tonic triad / triad of the home key
subject-verb-object SVO or subject-predicate-object sentence pattern (e.g. in Chinese grammar)
theme song
(sports) home ground; home field / (sports) home game / main venue (for a festival etc)
main engine / (military) lead aircraft / (computing) host computer / main processor / server
subject
the agency in charge of (e.g. a program); the relevant government body
motherboard
doctor-in-charge / resident physician
bishop
main line (of communication) / main thread (of a plotline or concept) / central theme
main course
(computing) motherboard / (stock market) main board
Your Highness / Your Majesty
host team (at sports event) / host side
trunk / main / core
main channel
to give a lecture / to lecture on
main reason
Sunday School
Sabbath / Sunday
(military) commander-in-chief / (sports) team manager / coach
master and servant
master (of the house) / main character in a novel etc / hero or heroine
master-slave (computing) / client-server (computing) / primary and secondary
(news) anchor; (program) host; (Internet) streamer
main force (military) / (fig.) the group or element with the most impact / mainstay / main cohort
presidium
(Islam) Jumu'ah (refers to Friday or the noon prayer on Friday) (loanword from Arabic) / (Islam) a week
penalty (kick)
initiative (as in "seize the initiative") / advantageous position that allows one to call the shots
subject (in grammar)
one's own view; definite opinion
(music) theme; principal melody / (fig.) central theme; main idea / (of a movie) created with the purpose of promoting Party values and point of view
hostname (of a networked computer)
Lord's Prayer
aorta / principal artery
the peace faction / doves
main peak (of a mountain range)
mastermind / ringleader / lead plotter
main assault / to focus on / to specialize in / to major in
Epiphany
to lead a government
client / customer
subjectivism
main point of an argument / a principal viewpoint
to perform the sacrificial rites at a funeral
to mastermind / to orchestrate / to instigate / mastermind / instigator
guest of honor / host and guests
official registrar (of a county etc) in imperial China
to act as the chief surgeon / chief surgeon
subject-predicate sentence / subject-predicate clause
to sing the lead vocals / lead singer
(medicine) to complain of; a patient's brief account of their illness / (law) main suit; principal claim
keynote / principal tone / tonic / vowel
subject-predicate construction
principal; main; flagship (product); title (track) / to specialize in; to take as one's priority; to primarily focus on
Master (term used by servant) / Your Majesty / operator (of machine)
main building
principal or main material (engineering)
main ingredients (in a cooking recipe)
(education) to major in; major
(sports) referee; umpire
nominative case (grammar)
rostrum / platform / CL: 個|个
main business
theme park

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