带 帶 dài band / belt / girdle / ribbon / tire / area / zone / region / CL:條|条[tiao2] / to wear / to carry / to take along / to bear (i.e. to have) / to lead / to bring / to look after / to raise syn 将 將 jiàng (bound form) a general / (literary) to command / to lead / (Chinese chess) general (on the black side, equivalent to a king in Western chess) syn 引起 yǐn qǐ to give rise to / to lead to / to cause / to arouse syn 导致 導致 dǎo zhì to lead to / to create / to cause / to bring about syn 婴儿 嬰兒 yīng ér infant / baby / CL:個|个[ge4] / lead (Pb) syn 领导 領導 lǐng dǎo lead / leading / to lead / leadership / leader / CL:位[wei4],個|个[ge4] syn 领 領 lǐng neck / collar / to lead / to receive / classifier for clothes, mats, screens etc syn 主角 zhǔ jué leading role / lead / protagonist syn 领先 領先 lǐng xiān to lead / to be in front syn 引发 引發 yǐn fā to lead to / to trigger / to initiate / to cause / to evoke (emotions) syn 带领 帶領 dài lǐng to guide / to lead syn 通往 tōng wǎng to lead to syn 引导 引導 yǐn dǎo to guide / to lead (around) / to conduct / to boot / introduction / primer syn 通向 tōng xiàng to lead to syn 铅笔 鉛筆 qiān bǐ (lead) pencil / CL:支[zhi1],枝[zhi1],桿|杆[gan3] 导 導 dǎo to transmit / to lead / to guide / to conduct / to direct syn 主机 主機 zhǔ jī main engine / (military) lead aircraft / (computing) host computer / main processor / server syn 带路 帶路 dài lù to lead the way / to guide / to show the way / (fig.) to instruct syn 主导 主導 zhǔ dǎo leading / dominant / prevailing / to lead / to direct / to dominate syn 漂浮 piāo fú to float / to hover / to drift (also fig., to lead a wandering life) / to rove / showy / superficial syn 领队 領隊 lǐng duì to lead a group / leader of a group / captain (of sports squad) syn 领头 領頭 lǐng tóu to take the lead / to be first to start syn 带头 帶頭 dài tóu to take the lead / to be the first / to set an example syn 率领 率領 shuài lǐng to lead / to command / to head syn 主谋 主謀 zhǔ móu mastermind / ringleader / lead plotter syn 头条 頭條 tóu tiáo lead story (on the news) syn 遥遥领先 遙遙領先 yáo yáo lǐng xiān a long way in front / to lead by a wide margin syn 漂泊 piāo bó (of a boat) to float / to drift / to lie at anchor / (fig.) to roam / to lead a wandering existence syn 统领 統領 tǒng lǐng to lead / to command / commander / officer syn 直通 zhí tōng to lead directly to syn 超前 chāo qián to be ahead of one's time / to surpass or outdo one's predecessors / to be ahead of the pack / to take the lead / advanced syn 率先 shuài xiān to take the lead / to show initiative syn 招致 zhāo zhì to recruit (followers) / to scout for (talent etc) / to incur / to lead to syn 占上风 佔上風 zhàn shàng fēng to take the lead / to gain the upper hand syn 顺手牵羊 順手牽羊 shùn shǒu qiān yáng lit. to lead away a goat while passing by (idiom) / fig. to opportunistically pocket sb's possessions and walk off syn 酿成 釀成 niàng chéng to make (wine or spirits) / (fig.) to lead to (a bad result) 蛊惑 蠱惑 gǔ huò to entice / to lead astray syn 领路 領路 lǐng lù to lead the way syn 花丛 花叢 huā cóng cluster of flowers / inflorescence / flowering shrub syn 导线 導線 dǎo xiàn electrical lead 领唱 領唱 lǐng chàng to lead a chorus / choirmaster / leading singer 导入 導入 dǎo rù to introduce into / to channel / to lead / to guide into / to import (data) 引线 引線 yǐn xiàn fuse (for an explosive device) / electrical lead / intermediary / catalyst / (dialect) sewing needle syn 引向 yǐn xiàng to lead to / to draw to / to steer towards 一马当先 一馬當先 yī mǎ dāng xiān to take the lead syn 提携 提攜 tí xié to lead by the hand / to guide / to support syn 石墨 shí mò black lead / graphite / plumbago 带兵 帶兵 dài bīng to lead troops 牵头 牽頭 qiān tóu to lead (an animal by the head) / to take the lead / to coordinate (a combined operation) / to mediate / a go-between (e.g. marriage broker) syn 铅中毒 鉛中毒 qiān zhōng dú lead poisoning 星团 星團 xīng tuán star cluster 各奔前程 gè bèn qián chéng each goes his own way (idiom) / each person has his own life to lead syn 先导 先導 xiān dǎo to lead the way / guide / forerunner / pioneer syn 嘟噜 嘟嚕 dū lu bunch / cluster / classifier for bunched objects / to hang down in a bunch / to droop syn 主演 zhǔ yǎn to play the leading role / to star / lead actor 引领 引領 yǐn lǐng to crane one's neck / to await eagerly / to lead / to show the way syn 连线 連線 lián xiàn electrical lead / connecting line / (Tw) to connect (to a network, device etc) / to go online / connection / (congressional) caucus 下水 xià shuǐ downstream / to go into the water / to put into water / to launch (a ship) / fig. to fall into bad ways / to lead astray / to go to pot syn 群组 群組 qún zǔ group / cohort / cluster 害得 hài de to cause or lead to sth bad 领军 領軍 lǐng jūn to lead troups / (fig.) to lead / leading 色诱 色誘 sè yòu to seduce / to lead into sex 领跑 領跑 lǐng pǎo to take the lead in a race / to set the pace 产业集群 產業集群 chǎn yè jí qún industrial cluster 引脚 引腳 yǐn jiǎo lead / pin (computer hardware) 反超 fǎn chāo to reverse (the score) / to pull off a comeback / to take the lead 导语 導語 dǎo yǔ preamble / introduction / (journalism) lede / lead paragraph 花序 huā xù inflorescence / flower cluster syn 身先士卒 shēn xiān shì zú to fight at the head of one's troops / (fig.) to take the lead syn 彼岸花 bǐ àn huā red spider lily (Lycoris radiata) / cluster amaryllis 带坏 帶壞 dài huài to lead astray 不打不相识 不打不相識 bù dǎ bù xiāng shí lit. don't fight, won't make friends (idiom) / an exchange of blows may lead to friendship / no discord, no concord 成串 chéng chuàn to be lined up (like a chain of islands, a string of pearls etc) / to form a cluster (like a bunch of grapes) / to come one after the other (like a series of sighs) 闲居 閑居 xián jū to lead a quiet and peaceful life in retirement / to stay home with nothing to do / to lead a solitary life syn 笔芯 筆芯 bǐ xīn pencil lead / pen refill syn 连缀 連綴 lián zhuì to put together / linking / successive / a cluster syn 帅 帥 shuài (bound form) commander-in-chief / (bound form) to lead / to command / handsome / graceful / dashing / elegant / (coll.) cool! / sweet! / (Chinese chess) general (on the red side, equivalent to a king in Western chess) syn 勒 lè (literary) bridle / halter / headstall / to rein in / to compel / to force / (literary) to carve / to engrave / (literary) to command / to lead (an army etc) / (physics) lux (abbr. for 勒克斯[le4ke4si1]) syn 引 yǐn to draw (e.g. a bow) / to pull / to stretch sth / to extend / to lengthen / to involve or implicate in / to attract / to lead / to guide / to leave / to provide evidence or justification for / old unit of distance equal to 10 丈[zhang4], one-thirtieth of a km or 33.33 meters syn 率 shuài to lead / to command / rash / hasty / frank / straightforward / generally / usually syn 牵 牽 qiān to lead along / to pull (an animal on a tether) / (bound form) to involve / to draw in syn 致 zhì (literary) to send / to transmit / to convey / (bound form) to cause / to lead to / consequently syn 铅 鉛 qiān lead (chemistry) 酿 釀 niàng to ferment / to brew / to make honey (of bees) / to lead to / to form gradually / wine / stuffed vegetables (cooking method) syn 丛 叢 cóng cluster / collection / collection of books / thicket syn 簇 cù (bound form) to cluster / to pile up / cluster / pile / classifier for bunches, clusters, piles etc syn 长机 長機 zhǎng jī (military) lead aircraft syn 吃闲饭 吃閒飯 chī xián fàn to lead an idle life / to be a loafer syn 条条大路通罗马 條條大路通羅馬 tiáo tiáo dà lù tōng luó mǎ all roads lead to Rome / use different means to obtain the same result (idiom) 丛集 叢集 cóng jí to crowd together / to pile up / to cluster / (book) collection / series syn 引逗 yǐn dòu to tantalize / to lead on / to tease syn 子母弹 子母彈 zǐ mǔ dàn (military) cluster bomb / shrapnel syn 笔心 筆心 bǐ xīn pencil lead / refill (for a ball-point pen) syn 倡 chàng to initiate / to instigate / to introduce / to lead syn 逗哏 dòu gén funny man (lead role in comic dialogue 對口相聲|对口相声[dui4 kou3 xiang4 sheng1]) / to joke / to play the fool / to provoke laughter 小强 小強 xiǎo qiáng (slang) cockroach ("Little Qiang" was originally the name given to a dead cockroach that had supposedly been a pet of the lead character in the 1993 Hong Kong comedy movie "Flirting Scholar". Subsequently, it came to be used as a name for any cockroach, and also for characters in film and television who are seemingly indestructible or repeatedly resurrected.) 误人子弟 誤人子弟 wù rén zǐ dì (of a lazy or incompetent teacher) to hamper students' progress / (of media) to propagate errors / to lead people astray 羑 yǒu to lead 不打不成相识 不打不成相識 bù dǎ bù chéng xiāng shí don't fight, won't make friends (idiom) / an exchange of blows may lead to friendship 