头 頭 tóu head / hair style / the top / end / beginning or end / a stub / remnant / chief / boss / side / aspect / first / leading / classifier for pigs or livestock / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 领导 領導 lǐng dǎo lead / leading / to lead / leadership / leader / CL:位[wei4],個|个[ge4] syn 主角 zhǔ jué leading role / lead / protagonist syn 光线 光線 guāng xiàn light ray / CL:條|条[tiao2],道[dao4] / light / illumination / lighting (for a photograph) syn 主导 主導 zhǔ dǎo leading / dominant / prevailing / to lead / to direct / to dominate syn 灵光 靈光 líng guāng divine light (around the Buddha) / a halo / a miraculous column of light / (slang) jolly good! syn 宣泄 宣洩 xuān xiè to drain (by leading off water) / to unburden oneself / to divulge / to leak a secret syn 起因 qǐ yīn cause / a factor (leading to an effect) syn 亮光 liàng guāng light / beam of light / gleam of light / light reflected from an object syn 称霸 稱霸 chēng bà lit. to proclaim oneself hegemon / to take a leading role / to build a personal fiefdom syn 一蹶不振 yī jué bù zhèn one stumble, unable to rise (idiom) / a setback leading to total collapse / ruined at a stroke / unable to recover after a minor hitch syn 良性 liáng xìng positive (in its effect) / leading to good consequences / virtuous / (medicine) benign (tumor etc) 大纲 大綱 dà gāng synopsis / outline / program / leading principles syn 领唱 領唱 lǐng chàng to lead a chorus / choirmaster / leading singer 老总 老總 lǎo zǒng boss / sir (person with a leading role in an organization) / (after a surname) high ranking commander in the PLA / (Qing dynasty) high ranking government official / (old) courteous term used by the general populace in addressing a rank-and-file soldier or police officer syn 纸上谈兵 紙上談兵 zhǐ shàng tán bīng lit. military tactics on paper (idiom) / fig. theoretical discussion that is worse than useless in practice / armchair strategist / idle theorizing / cf Zhao Kuo 趙括|赵括[Zhao4 Kuo4] leading an army of 400,000 to total annihilation at battle of Changping 長平之戰|长平之战[Chang2 ping2 zhi1 Zhan4] in 260 BC syn 萤火 螢火 yíng huǒ light of firefly / fairy light 状元 狀元 zhuàng yuán top scorer in the palace examination (highest rank of the Imperial examination system) / see 榜眼[bang3 yan3] and 探花[tan4 hua1] / top scorer in college entrance examination 高考[gao1 kao3] / (fig.) the most brilliantly talented person in the field / leading light syn 领衔 領銜 lǐng xián leading (role) / heading list of signatories / leading actors (in a show) / starring syn 背光 bèi guāng to be in a poor light / to do sth with one's back to the light / to stand in one's own light syn 前脚 前腳 qián jiǎo one moment ..., (the next ...) / leading foot (in walking) 柳暗花明 liǔ àn huā míng lit. the willow trees make the shade, the flowers give the light (idiom) / at one's darkest hour, a glimmer of hope / light at the end of the tunnel 轻骑 輕騎 qīng qí light cavalry / light motorcycle / moped syn 挑大梁 tiǎo dà liáng to play a leading role / to bear a heavy responsibility syn 出山 chū shān to leave the mountain (of a hermit) / to come out of obscurity to a government job / to take a leading position 元勋 元勳 yuán xūn leading light / founding father / principal proponent syn 顶灯 頂燈 dǐng dēng dome light (of a taxi etc) / ceiling light (in a room) / interior light (of a car) / light on the top of a mast etc 仪仗队 儀仗隊 yí zhàng duì honor guard / guard of honor / the banner bearing contingent leading a military procession 光柱 guāng zhù light beam / light pillar (atmospheric optics) syn 银光 銀光 yín guāng silvery light / bright white light / shining white light 可见光 可見光 kě jiàn guāng visible light / light in optical spectrum 头面人物 頭面人物 tóu miàn rén wù leading figure / bigwig syn 冤孽 yuān niè sin (in Buddhism) / enmity leading to sin syn 墓道 mù dào path leading to a grave / tomb passage / aisle leading to the coffin chamber of an ancient tomb syn 主演 zhǔ yǎn to play the leading role / to star / lead actor 领导小组 領導小組 lǐng dǎo xiǎo zǔ leading small group (LSG), a CCP body that exercises general oversight on matters relating to a specific area (LSG for foreign affairs 外事工作, LSG for comprehensively deepening reforms 全面深化改革 etc) / aka central leading group 龙头企业 龍頭企業 lóng tóu qǐ yè key enterprises / leading enterprises 领衔主演 領銜主演 lǐng xián zhǔ yǎn leading actors (in a show) / starring 领军 領軍 lǐng jūn to lead troups / (fig.) to lead / leading 前置 qián zhì to place before / frontal / leading / pre- syn 落得 luò de ending up as / leading to / resulting in / in total syn 担纲 擔綱 dān gāng to play the leading role syn 大牛 dà niú (coll.) leading light / superstar / badass / (coll.) higher-priced model of Lamborghini 异曲同工 異曲同工 yì qǔ tóng gōng different tunes played with equal skill (idiom) / different methods leading to the same result / different approach but equally satisfactory outcome syn 闯红灯 闖紅燈 chuǎng hóng dēng to run a red light / failing to stop at a red traffic light / (slang) to have sex with a girl while she is menstruating 吴三桂 吳三桂 wú sān guì Wu Sangui (1612-1678), Chinese general who let the Manchus into China and helped them establish the Qing Dynasty, later leading a revolt against Qing in an effort to start his own dynasty 女将 女將 nǚ jiàng female general / (fig.) woman who is a leading figure in her area of expertise syn 占主导地位 占主導地位 zhàn zhǔ dǎo dì wèi dominant / predominant / to occupy a leading position 反清 fǎn qīng anti-Qing / refers to the revolutionary movements in late 19th and early 20th century leading up to 1911 Xinhai Revolution 辛亥革命[Xin1 hai4 Ge2 ming4] 急先锋 急先鋒 jí xiān fēng daring vanguard / pioneer / leading figure syn 灯头 燈頭 dēng tóu electric light socket / burner (component of a kerosene lamp) / light (as a countable item, e.g. number of lights fitted in a house) 溶血 róng xuè hemolysis (breakdown of red blood cells leading to anemia) 颜真卿 顏真卿 yán zhēn qīng Yan Zhenqing (709-785), a leading calligrapher of the Tang Dynasty 霞飞 霞飛 xiá fēi Joseph Joffre (1852-1931), leading French general at the start of World War One 反射光 fǎn shè guāng to reflect light / reflection / reflected light 轻水 輕水 qīng shuǐ light water (as opposed to heavy water) / see light water reactor 輕水反應堆|轻水反应堆 致畸 緻畸 zhì jī producing abnormality / leading to malformation / teratogenic 灯号 燈號 dēng hào flashing light / indicator light 杂家 雜家 zá jiā Miscellaneous School of the Warring States Period (475-221 BC) whose leading advocate was Lü Buwei 呂不韋|吕不韦[Lu:3 Bu4 wei2] 余光 餘光 yú guāng (out of) the corner of one's eyes / peripheral vision / residual light / light of the setting sun 阡 qiān road leading north and south syn 偏振光 piān zhèn guāng polarization of light / polarized light syn 缥 縹 piǎo (literary) light blue / (literary) light blue silk fabric 陈炯明 陳炯明 chén jiǒng míng Chen Jiongming (1878-1933), a leading warlord of Guangdong faction, defeated in 1925 and fled to Hong Kong 公孙龙 公孫龍 gōng sūn lóng Gongsun Long (c. 325-250 BC), leading thinker of the School of Logicians of the Warring States Period (475-220 BC) 捻军 捻軍 niǎn jūn Nian Army, leading a peasant rebellion against the Qing dynasty in Shandong, Henan, Jiangsu and Anhui 1851-1868, at the same time as the Taiping Rebellion further south 航标灯 航標燈 háng biāo dēng lighted buoy / channel marking light / signal light 嶝 dèng path leading up a mountain 阼 zuò steps leading to the eastern door 点 點 diǎn point / dot / drop / speck / o'clock / point (in space or time) / to draw a dot / to check on a list / to choose / to order (food in a restaurant) / to touch briefly / to hint / to light / to ignite / to pour a liquid drop by drop / (old) one fifth of a two-hour watch 更[geng1] / dot stroke in Chinese characters / classifier for items syn 光 guāng light / ray (CL:道[dao4]) / bright / shiny / only / merely / used up / finished / to leave (a part of the body) uncovered syn 轻松 輕鬆 qīng sōng light / gentle / relaxed / effortless / uncomplicated / to relax / to take things less seriously syn 按照 àn zhào according to / in accordance with / in the light of / on the basis of syn 关上 關上 guān shàng to close (a door) / to turn off (light, electrical equipment etc) syn 开火 開火 kāi huǒ to open fire / to start shooting / to light the flame (for cooking) syn 晚点 晚點 wǎn diǎn (of trains etc) late / delayed / behind schedule / light dinner syn 灯光 燈光 dēng guāng (stage) lighting / light syn 光明 guāng míng light / radiance / (fig.) bright (prospects etc) / openhearted syn 点心 點心 diǎn xin light refreshments / pastry / dim sum (in Cantonese cooking) / dessert syn 发光 發光 fā guāng to emit light / to shine / to glow / to glisten / to be luminous syn 光芒 guāng máng rays of light / brilliant rays / radiance syn 红灯 紅燈 hóng dēng red light 点火 點火 diǎn huǒ to ignite / to light a fire / to agitate / to start an engine / ignition / fig. to stir up trouble syn 轻微 輕微 qīng wēi slight / light / trivial / to a small extent syn 天亮 tiān liàng to grow light (at daybreak) syn 揭发 揭發 jiē fā to expose / to bring to light / to disclose / revelation syn 光速 guāng sù the speed of light 灯泡 燈泡 dēng pào light bulb / see also 電燈泡|电灯泡[dian4 deng1 pao4] / third-wheel or unwanted third party spoiling a couple's date (slang) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 一大早 yī dà zǎo at dawn / at first light / first thing in the morning syn 绿灯 綠燈 lǜ dēng green light (traffic signal) / (fig.) permission to proceed syn 生火 shēng huǒ to make a fire / to light a fire syn 照亮 zhào liàng to illuminate / to light up / lighting syn 依照 yī zhào according to / in light of syn 微风 微風 wēi fēng breeze / light wind syn 光年 guāng nián light-year 光天化日 guāng tiān huà rì the full light of day (idiom) / fig. peace and prosperity / in broad daylight syn 夜色 yè sè night scene / the dim light of night syn 水落石出 shuǐ luò shí chū as the water recedes, the rocks appear (idiom) / the truth comes to light syn 