主 zhǔ owner / master / host / individual or party concerned / God / Lord / main / to indicate or signify / trump card (in card games) syn 祈祷 祈禱 qí dǎo to pray / to say a prayer syn 乖乖 guāi guai goodness gracious! / oh my lord! syn 祷告 禱告 dǎo gào to pray / prayer syn 贵族 貴族 guì zú lord / nobility / nobleman / noblewoman / aristocrat / aristocracy syn 领主 領主 lǐng zhǔ feudal lord / suzerain / overlord syn 勋爵 勳爵 xūn jué Lord (UK hereditary nobility) / UK life peer 老爷 老爺 lǎo ye (respectful) lord / master / (coll.) maternal grandfather syn 毒枭 毒梟 dú xiāo drug lord syn 合十 hé shí to put one's palms together (in prayer or greeting) 念珠 niàn zhū prayer beads / rosary / rosary beads / CL:串[chuan4] syn 洛德 luò dé Lord (name) 托尔金 托爾金 tuō ěr jīn J.R.R. Tolkien (1892-1973), British philologist and author of fantasy fiction such as Lord of the Rings 魔戒 默祷 默禱 mò dǎo silent prayer / pray in silence 关公 關公 guān gōng Lord Guan (i.e. 關羽|关羽[Guan1 Yu3]) 天公 tiān gōng heaven / lord of heaven syn 相公 xiàng gong lord / master / young gentleman / male prostitute / catamite / mahjong player disqualified by unintentionally taking in the wrong number of dominoes / (old form of address for one's husband) husband syn 魔戒 mó jiè The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien 托爾金|托尔金[Tuo1 er3 jin1] 默念 mò niàn to read silently / to mouth (the words of a prayer etc) / to say to oneself / to contemplate inwardly 包公 bāo gōng Lord Bao or Judge Bao, fictional nickname of Bao Zheng 包拯[Bao1 Zheng3] (999-1062), Northern Song official renowned for his honesty 梵天 fàn tiān Nirvana (in Buddhist scripture) / Lord Brahma (the Hindu Creator) 合掌 hé zhǎng to clasp hands / to put one's palms together (in prayer) 普贤 普賢 pǔ xián Samantabhadra, the Buddhist Lord of Truth 真武 zhēn wǔ Lord of profound heaven, major Daoist deity / aka Black Tortoise 玄武 or Black heavenly emperor 玄天上帝 酩酊大醉 mǐng dǐng dà zuì dead drunk / as drunk as a lord syn 长跪 長跪 cháng guì to kneel as in prayer (without sitting back on the heels) syn 君 jūn monarch / lord / gentleman / ruler syn 霸 bà hegemon / tyrant / lord / feudal chief / to rule by force / to usurp / (in modern advertising) master syn 祷 禱 dǎo prayer / pray / supplication syn 阿弥陀佛 阿彌陀佛 ē mí tuó fó Amitabha Buddha / the Buddha of the Western paradise / may the lord Buddha preserve us! / merciful Buddha! syn 祷文 禱文 dǎo wén litany (text of a prayer) syn 开尔文 開爾文 kāi ěr wén Lord Kelvin 1824-1907, British physicist (William Thomson) / Kelvin (temperature scale) 蒙巴顿 矇巴頓 méng bā dùn Mountbatten (name, Anglicization of German Battenberg) / Lord Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (1900-1979), British commander in Southeast Asia during WWII, presided over the partition of India in 1947, murdered by the IRA. 叶公好龙 葉公好龍 yè gōng hào lóng lit. Lord Ye's passion for dragons (idiom) / fig. to pretend to be fond of sth while actually fearing it / ostensible fondness of sth one really fears syn 肉蒲团 肉蒲團 ròu pú tuán The Carnal Prayer Mat, Chinese erotic novel from 17th century, usually attributed to Li Yu 李漁|李渔[Li3 Yu3] 晚祷 晚禱 wǎn dǎo evening prayer / evensong / vespers 祷词 禱詞 dǎo cí litany (text of a prayer) 禂 dǎo to pray / prayer 数珠 數珠 shù zhū rosary / prayer beads 数珠念佛 數珠念佛 shǔ zhū niàn fó to count one's prayer beads and chant Buddha's name (idiom) 朝珠 cháo zhū court beads (derived from Buddhist prayer beads) 焚香敬神 fén xiāng jìng shén to burn incense in prayer to a God 跪毯 guì tǎn a prayer mat / a carpet for kneeling 跪祷 跪禱 guì dǎo to kneel in prayer 世界和平祈祷会 世界和平祈禱會 World Peace Prayer Society 主麻 zhǔ má (Islam) Jumu'ah (refers to Friday or the noon prayer on Friday) (loanword from Arabic) / (Islam) a week 合手 hé shǒu to put one's palms together (in prayer or greeting) / to work with a common purpose / harmonious / convenient (to use) 槵子 huàn zǐ fruit of the Sapindus trees (used for Buddhist prayer beads) 玫瑰念珠 méi gui niàn zhū rosary (Catholic prayer beads) 经幡 經幡 jīng fān Tibetan prayer flag 风马旗 風馬旗 fēng mǎ qí Tibetan prayer flag 佛珠 fó zhū Buddhist prayer beads syn 祈愿 祈願 qí yuàn to pray / to pray for sth / to wish sth / prayer / wish syn 以利亚敬 以利亞敬 yǐ lì yà jìng Eliakim (name, Hebrew: God will raise up) / Eliakim, servant of the Lord in Isaiah 22:20 / Eliakim, son of Abiud and father of Azor in Matthew 1:13 伏地魔 fú dì mó Lord Voldemort (Harry Potter) 孟尝君 孟嘗君 mèng cháng jūn Lord Menchang of Qi, Chancellor of Qi and of Wei during the Warring States Period (475-221 BC) 普贤菩萨 普賢菩薩 pǔ xián pú sà Samantabhadra, the Buddhist Lord of Truth 东君 東君 dōng jūn Lord of the East, the sun God of Chinese mythology 求怜经 求憐經 qiú lián jīng Kyrie Eleison (section of Catholic mass) / Miserere nobis / Lord have mercy upon us 田文 tián wén birth name of Lord Menchang of Qi, Chancellor of Qi and Wei during the Warring States Period (475-221 BC) 万户侯 萬戶侯 wàn hù hóu Marquis (highest Han dynasty ducal title meaning lord of 10,000 households) / high nobles syn 辩才天 辯才天 biàn cái tiān Saraswati (the Hindu goddess of wisdom and arts and consort of Lord Brahma) 鲁君 魯君 lǔ jūn the lord of Lu (who declined to employ Confucius) 商君书 商君書 shāng jūn shū The Book of Lord Shang, Legalist text of the 4th century BC 秘书长上帝抵抗军影响地区问题特使 Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Lord's Resistance Army-affected Areas / Special Envoy for the LRA-affected areas 上帝抵抗军 上帝抵抗軍 Lord's Resistance Army 豪勋爵海丘 豪勳爵海丘 háo xūn jué hǎi qiū Lord Howe rise 瞻礼日 瞻禮日 zhān lǐ rì the Lord's Day / Sunday 大紫胸鹦鹉 大紫胸鸚鵡 dà zǐ xiōng yīng wǔ (bird species of China) Lord Derby's parakeet (Psittacula derbiana) 关公面前耍大刀 關公面前耍大刀 guān gōng miàn qián shuǎ dà dāo lit. to wield the broadsword in the presence of Lord Guan (idiom) / fig. to make a fool of oneself by showing off in front of an expert 酩酊大醉 mǐng dǐng - dà zuì (idiom) dead drunk / plastered / as drunk as a lord syn 