老大 lǎo dà old age / very / eldest child in a family / leader of a group / boss / captain of a boat / leader of a criminal gang syn 一姐 yī jiě (coll.) top-ranked female / leading female / top female personality (in a particular field, esp. in entertainment or sports) 团伙 團伙 tuán huǒ (criminal) gang / gang member / accomplice / crony syn 匪帮 匪幫 fěi bāng gang of bandits / criminal gang (formerly often used of political opponents) syn 冮 gāng surname Gang 大哥 dà gē eldest brother / big brother (polite address for a man of about the same age as oneself) / gang leader / boss syn 龙头 龍頭 lóng tóu faucet / tap / bicycle handlebar / chief / boss (esp. of a gang) / (referring to a company) leader / front-runner / figurehead on the prow of a dragon boat 龍船|龙船[long2chuan2] syn 头目 頭目 tóu mù ringleader / gang leader / chieftain syn 头子 頭子 tóu zi boss / gang leader syn 江青 jiāng qīng Jiang Qing (1914-1991), Mao Zedong's fourth wife and leader of the Gang of Four 角头 角頭 jiǎo tóu gang leader / mafia boss 扛把子 káng bǎ zi (argot) gang leader / (fig.) king / the best / also pr. [kang2ba4zi5] 张志新 張志新 zhāng zhì xīn Zhang Zhixin (1930-1975) female revolutionary and martyr, who followed the true Marxist-Leninist line as a party member, and was arrested in 1969, then executed in 1975 after opposing the counterrevolutionary party-usurping conspiracies of Lin Biao and the Gang of Four, and only rehabilitated posthumously in 1979 邓小平 鄧小平 dèng xiǎo píng Deng Xiaoping (1904-1997), Chinese communist leader, de facto leader of PRC 1978-1990 and creator of "socialism with Chinese characteristics" 班长 班長 bān zhǎng class monitor / squad leader / team leader / CL:個|个[ge4] 精神领袖 精神領袖 jīng shén lǐng xiù spiritual leader (of a nation or church) / religious leader 穆罕默德·欧玛 穆罕默德·歐瑪 mù hǎn mò dé ōu mǎ (Tw) Mullah Muhammad Omar (1960-2013), Taliban leader, Supreme Leader of Afghanistan 1996-2001 男女 nán nǚ male-female / male and female syn 表妹 biǎo mèi younger female cousin via female line 表姐 biǎo jiě older female cousin via female line 女同胞 nǚ tóng bāo woman / female / female compatriot 臣妾 chén qiè (literary) I, your servant (self-appellation of a lower-rank female) / (archaic) male and female slaves / subjects (of a ruler) 女选手 女選手 nǚ xuǎn shǒu female contestant / female athlete 表姐夫 biǎo jiě fu husband of older female cousin via female line 母 mǔ mother / elderly female relative / origin / source / (of animals) female syn 麀 yōu female deer / doe / female animal 牝鸡司晨 牝雞司晨 pìn jī sī chén female chicken crows at daybreak (idiom) / a woman usurps authority / women meddle in politics / The female wears the trousers. 牝鸡牡鸣 牝雞牡鳴 pìn jī mǔ míng female chicken crows at daybreak (idiom) / a woman usurps authority / women meddle in politics / The female wears the trousers. 表姑 biǎo gū father's female cousin via female line 宅女 zhái nǚ female geek / female nerd / otaku girl 表姐妹 biǎo jiě mèi female cousins via female line 切割女性生殖器官 female genital mutilation / female genital cutting 非政府组织今日女童问题论坛 非政府組織今日女童問題論壇 Non-Governmental Organizations Forum on the Female Child of Today / NGO Forum on the Female Child of Today 表妹夫 biǎo mèi fu husband of younger female cousin via female line 表弟妹 biǎo dì mèi wife of younger male cousin via female line / younger cousins via female line 女大 nǚ dà (slang) female university student / female college student 女宾 女賓 nǚ bīn female guest / female visitor 女主 nǚ zhǔ female lead / female protagonist 姐们 姐們 jiě men (coll.) close female friend / sis (between female friends) 刚刚 剛剛 gāng gang just recently / just a moment ago syn 一群 yī qún gang / regiment 上线 上線 shàng xiàn to go online / to put sth online / to reach a specific standard / to put into production / handler (person who oversees and directs the activities of another person in a gang, spy ring etc) 帮派 幫派 bāng pài gang / faction syn 黑帮 黑幫 hēi bāng bunch of gangsters / criminal gang / organized crime syndicate syn 一气 一氣 yī qì at one go / at a stretch / for a period of time / forming a gang syn 勾结 勾結 gōu jié to collude with / to collaborate with / to gang up with syn 卧底 臥底 wò dǐ to hide (as an undercover agent) / an insider (in a gang of thieves) / a mole 拉丁 lā dīng Latin / (in former times) to press-gang / to kidnap and force people into service 打掉 dǎ diào to tear down / to destroy / to dismantle (a gang) / to abort (a fetus) 帮会 幫會 bāng huì secret society / underworld gang 轮奸 輪姦 lún jiān to gang rape syn 串通 chuàn tōng to collude / to collaborate / to gang up syn 四人帮 四人幫 sì rén bāng Gang of Four: Jiang Qing 江青[Jiang1 Qing1], Zhang Chunqiao 張春橋|张春桥[Zhang1 Chun1 qiao2], Yao Wenyuan 姚文元[Yao2 Wen2 yuan2], Wang Hongwen 王洪文[Wang2 Hong2 wen2], who served as scapegoats for the excesses of the cultural revolution 拉夫 lā fū to force into service / press-gang 勾搭 gōu da to gang up / to fool around with / to make up to syn 围殴 圍毆 wéi ōu to gang up and beat 杆子 桿子 gǎn zi pole / stick / club / gang of bandits syn 帮子 幫子 bāng zi outer (of cabbage etc) / upper (of a shoe) / (coll.) group / gang syn 贼船 賊船 zéi chuán pirate ship / fig. venture of dubious merit / criminal gang / reactionary faction 结伙 結伙 jié huǒ to form a gang syn 张春桥 張春橋 zhāng chūn qiáo Zhang Chunqiao (1917-2005), one of the Gang of Four 三合会 三合會 sān hé huì triad, Chinese crime gang / triad society, anti-Manchu secret society in Qing-dynasty China 姚文元 yáo wén yuán Yao Wenyuan (1931-2005), one of the Gang of Four 党徒 黨徒 dǎng tú clique member / henchman / gang member / crony syn 王洪文 wáng hóng wén Wang Hongwen (1935-1992), one of the Gang of Four 结党营私 結黨營私 jié dǎng yíng sī to gang up for personal interest (idiom) / to form a clique syn 倾巢 傾巢 qīng cháo lit. the whole nest came out (to fight us) / a turnout in full force (of a gang of villains) 群架 qún jià group scuffle / gang fight 刚 剛 gāng hard / firm / strong / just / barely / exactly syn 狐群狗党 狐群狗黨 hú qún gǒu dǎng a skulk of foxes, a pack of dogs (idiom) / a gang of rogues syn 帮 幫 bāng to help / to assist / to support / for sb (i.e. as a help) / hired (as worker) / side (of pail, boat etc) / outer layer / upper (of a shoe) / group / gang / clique / party / secret society syn 港 gǎng harbor / port / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 钢 鋼 gāng steel syn 岗 崗 gǎng (bound form) hillock / mound / sentry post / policeman's beat / (bound form) job / post syn 串 chuàn to string together / to skewer / to connect wrongly / to gang up / to rove / string / bunch / skewer / classifier for things that are strung together, or in a bunch, or in a row: string of, bunch of, series of / to make a swift or abrupt linear movement (like a bead on an abacus) / to move across syn 纲 綱 gāng head rope of a fishing net / guiding principle / key link / class (taxonomy) / outline / program syn 冈 岡 gāng ridge / mound syn 缸 gāng jar / vat / classifier for loads of laundry / CL:口[kou3] syn 扛 摃 gāng old variant of 扛[gang1] syn 杠 槓 gàng coffin-bearing pole (old) / thick pole / bar / rod / thick line / to mark with a thick line / to sharpen (a knife, razor etc) / to get into a dispute with / standard / criterion / hyphen / dash syn 杠 gāng flagpole / footbridge syn 喽 嘍 lóu (bound form) subordinates in a gang of bandits syn 肛 gāng (bound form) anus / rectum syn 罡 gāng stars of the Big Dipper that constitute the tail of the dipper 戆 戇 gàng stupid (Wu dialect) 舡 gāng boat / ship syn 罁 gāng old variant of 缸[gang1] 釭 gāng hanging bowl for lamp or fish 笐 gāng bamboos placed across wooden frames on which grain may be stored in damp climates 狐朋狗友 hú péng gǒu yǒu a pack of rogues (idiom) / a gang of scoundrels 堽 gāng mound 疘 gāng anus 槓 gàng carrying pole / horizontal bar 朋比为奸 朋比為奸 péng bǐ wéi jiān to conspire / to gang up syn 堈 gāng earthen jug, crock, cistern 通同 tōng tóng to collude / to gang up on syn 小缸缸儿 小缸缸兒 xiǎo gāng gang r small mug (baby language) 冈仁波齐 岡仁波齊 gāng rén bō qí Mt Gang Rinpoche in Tibet / also called Mount Kailash 