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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
main part / bulk / body / subject / agent
HSK 5
director / head / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
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
housewife / woman of senior authority in a household / the lady of the house / hostess
HSK 7-9
(linguistics) subject and predicate
staple food
HSK 7-9
theme song
HSK 7-9
main force / main strength of an army
HSK 7-9
home page
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
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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
to sing the lead vocals / lead singer
-ism / ideology
HSK 7-9
motherboard
host team (at sports event) / host side
the important and the less important / primary and secondary
hero (of a novel or film); main protagonist
HSK 7-9
to mastermind / to orchestrate / to instigate / mastermind / instigator
(Islam) Friday, when Muslims go to the mosque before noon to attend congregational prayers
(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
trunk line (of road, network etc) / backbone (cable)
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
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
(sports) home ground; home field / (sports) home game / main venue (for a festival etc)
sovereign country
main assault / to focus on / to specialize in / to major in
to lead a government
(news) anchor; (program) host; (Internet) streamer
main ingredients (in a cooking recipe)
chair country / country holding revolving presidency
core network / backbone network
(computing) motherboard / (stock market) main board
commander-in-chief (military) / star player (sports) / key figure (in an organization)
backbone / mainstay / pillar / definite view / one's own judgment
principal; main; flagship (product); title (track) / to specialize in; to take as one's priority; to primarily focus on
subject-predicate construction
theme park
main reason
to perform the sacrificial rites at a funeral
main channel
main business
principal or main material (engineering)
culprit
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
theme song
client / customer
committee chairperson
main line (of communication) / main thread (of a plotline or concept) / central theme
subjectivism
Your Highness / Your Majesty
(military) commander-in-chief / (sports) team manager / coach
main peak (of a mountain range)
lead underwriter
keynote speech
mastermind / ringleader / lead plotter
nominative case (grammar)
Master (term used by servant) / Your Majesty / operator (of machine)
the right to host (an international meeting)
hostname (of a networked computer)
umbrella brand (marketing)
in charge (of a position etc) / the person in charge / responsible
main engine / (military) lead aircraft / (computing) host computer / main processor / server
(sports) referee; umpire
keynote speech
rostrum / platform / CL: 個|个
main course
trunk / main / core
aorta / principal artery
bishop
guest of honor / host and guests
main building

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