主 zhǔ owner / master / host / individual or party concerned / God / Lord / main / to indicate or signify / trump card (in card games) syn 主人 zhǔ rén master / host / owner / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 东 東 dōng east / host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest) / landlord syn 主持 zhǔ chí 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 syn 主持人 zhǔ chí rén host / master of ceremonies / (TV or radio) presenter / anchor / (Tw) (research project) principal investigator (PI) / program director syn 接待 jiē dài to receive / to entertain / to host (guests, visitors or clients) syn 我国 我國 wǒ guó my country / our country syn 主机 主機 zhǔ jī main engine / (military) lead aircraft / (computing) host computer / main processor / server syn 各国 各國 gè guó each country / every country / various countries syn 地主 dì zhǔ landlord / landowner / host syn 宿主 sù zhǔ (biology) host syn 主办 主辦 zhǔ bàn to organize / to host (a conference or sports event) syn 土包子 tǔ bāo zi country bumpkin / boor / unsophisticated country person (humble, applied to oneself) / burial mound syn 见外 見外 jiàn wài to treat sb with the formal courtesy accorded to a host or a guest syn 主队 主隊 zhǔ duì host team (at sports event) / host side 寄主 jì zhǔ host (of a parasite) syn 设宴 設宴 shè yàn to host a banquet syn 国情 國情 guó qíng the characteristics and circumstances particular to a country / current state of a country 做东 做東 zuò dōng to act as host syn 半壁江山 bàn bì jiāng shān half of the country (esp. when half the country has fallen into enemy hands) / vast swathe of territory syn 东道主 東道主 dōng dào zhǔ host / official host (e.g. venue for games or a conference) syn 宾主 賓主 bīn zhǔ guest and host syn 富国 富國 fù guó rich country / make the country wealthy (political slogan) syn 东道 東道 dōng dào host syn 闭关锁国 閉關鎖國 bì guān suǒ guó to close the passes and seal off the country / to close a country to exclude foreign contact syn 主播 zhǔ bō (news) anchor / (program) host / (Internet) streamer 名嘴 míng zuǐ well-known commentator / talking head / pundit / prominent TV or radio host 乡村音乐 鄉村音樂 xiāng cūn yīn yuè country music (country & western music genre) 东道国 東道國 dōng dào guó host State syn 主办权 主辦權 zhǔ bàn quán the right to host (an international meeting) 主宾 主賓 zhǔ bīn guest of honor / host and guests 作东 作東 zuò dōng to host (a dinner) / to treat / to pick up the check syn 瀛台 瀛臺 yíng tái Yingtai, artificial island in Zhongnanhai 中南海[Zhong1nan2hai3], now serves as the site to host national banquets and receptions 圩 xū (dialect) country fair / country market syn 酢 zuò toast to host by guest syn 国家 國家 guó jiā country / nation / state / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 总统 總統 zǒng tǒng president (of a country) / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2],屆|届[jie4] syn 国 國 guó country / nation / state / (bound form) national syn 民 mín (bound form) the people / inhabitants of a country syn 统治 統治 tǒng zhì to rule (a country) / to govern / rule / regime syn 各地 gè dì in all parts of (a country) / various regions syn 国土 國土 guó tǔ country's territory / national land syn 北方 běi fāng north / the northern part a country / China north of the Yellow River syn 外国 外國 wài guó foreign country syn 宪法 憲法 xiàn fǎ constitution (of a country) / CL:部[bu4] syn 国内 國內 guó nèi domestic / internal (to a country) / civil syn 国度 國度 guó dù country / nation syn 出国 出國 chū guó to go abroad / to leave the country syn 爱国 愛國 ài guó to love one's country / patriotic syn 国旗 國旗 guó qí flag (of a country) / CL:面[mian4] 环游 環遊 huán yóu to travel around (the world, a country etc) syn 本土 běn tǔ one's native country / native / local / metropolitan territory syn 出境 chū jìng to leave a country or region / outbound (tourism) syn 江湖 jiāng hú rivers and lakes / all corners of the country / remote areas to which hermits retreat / section of society operating independently of mainstream society, out of reach of the law / the milieu in which wuxia tales play out (cf. 武俠|武侠[wu3xia2]) / (in late imperial times) world of traveling merchants, itinerant doctors, fortune tellers etc / demimonde / (in modern times) triads / secret gangster societies / underworld syn 眷顾 眷顧 juàn gù to care for / to show concern for / to think longingly (of one's country) syn 入境 rù jìng to enter a country 定居 dìng jū to settle (in some city, country etc) / to take up residence syn 外地 wài dì parts of the country other than where one is syn 回国 回國 huí guó to return to one's home country 斐济 斐濟 fěi jì Fiji, country in the southwest Pacific Ocean 乡下人 鄉下人 xiāng xià rén country folk / rustic / rural folk syn 境内 境內 jìng nèi within the borders / internal (to a country, province, city etc) / domestic syn 乔治亚 喬治亞 qiáo zhì yà (Tw) Georgia, US state / (Tw) Georgia (country) 乡间 鄉間 xiāng jiān in the country / rural / pastoral syn 山地 shān dì mountainous region / hilly area / hilly country 全民 quán mín entire population (of a country) syn 本国 本國 běn guó one's own country syn 巨头 巨頭 jù tóu tycoon / magnate / big player (including company, country, school etc) / big shot syn 京都 jīng dū capital (of a country) syn 越野 yuè yě cross country 内政 內政 nèi zhèng internal affairs (of a country) 贵国 貴國 guì guó your distinguished country 过境 過境 guò jìng to pass through a country's territory / transit syn 总司令 總司令 zǒng sī lìng commander-in-chief / top military commander for a country or theater of operations syn 出逃 chū táo to run away / to flee (the country) syn 江山 jiāng shān rivers and mountains / landscape / country / state power syn 原野 yuán yě plain / open country syn 境外 jìng wài outside (a country's) borders 召见 召見 zhào jiàn call in (one's subordinates) / summon (an envoy of a foreign country) to an interview 越境 yuè jìng to cross a border (usually illegally) / to sneak in or out of a country 建国 建國 jiàn guó to found a country / nation-building / the foundation of PRC by Mao Zedong in 1949 syn 敌国 敵國 dí guó enemy country 大国 大國 dà guó a power (i.e. a dominant country) syn 发展中国家 發展中國家 fā zhǎn zhōng guó jiā developing country 离境 離境 lí jìng to leave a country (or place) syn 异域 異域 yì yù foreign country / alien land syn 强国 強國 qiáng guó powerful country / great power syn 闭关 閉關 bì guān to close the passes / to seal off the country / seclusion (monastic practice, e.g. of Chan Buddhists) syn 开国 開國 kāi guó to found a state / to open a closed country syn 国泰民安 國泰民安 guó tài mín ān the country prospers, the people at peace (idiom) / peace and prosperity syn 邻国 鄰國 lín guó neighboring country syn 天下第一 tiān xià dì yī first under heaven / number one in the country syn 山河 shān hé mountains and rivers / the whole country syn 故土 gù tǔ native country / one's homeland syn 六合 liù hé the six directions (north, south, east, west, up, down) / the whole country / the universe / everything under the sun syn 归国 歸國 guī guó to go home (to one's native country) / to return from abroad 他国 他國 tā guó another country 立国 立國 lì guó to found a country syn 村姑 cūn gū village girl / country bumpkin syn 