主次 zhǔ cì the important and the less important / primary and secondary syn 轻重缓急 輕重緩急 qīng zhòng huǎn jí slight or important, urgent or non-urgent (idiom) / to deal with important matters first / sense of priority syn 缓急轻重 緩急輕重 huǎn jí qīng zhòng slight or important, urgent or non-urgent (idiom) / to deal with important matters first / sense of priority / also written 輕重緩急|轻重缓急 重要的是 zhòng yào de shì It is important (that) ... / The (important) point is ... 重头 重頭 zhòng tóu main / most important / essential / important part 贺龙 賀龍 hè lóng He Long (1896-1969), important communist military leader, died from persecution during the Cultural Revolution 白崇禧 bái chóng xǐ Bai Chongxi (1893-1966), a leader of Guangxi warlord faction, top Nationalist general, played important role in Chiang Kaishek's campaigns 1926-1949 乌兰夫 烏蘭夫 wū lán fū Ulanhu (1906-1988), Soviet-trained Mongolian communist who became important PRC military leader 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 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 奥康纳 奧康納 ào kāng nà O'Connor (name) / Thomas Power O'Connor (1848-1929), Irish journalist and nationalist political leader 谭震林 譚震林 tán zhèn lín Tan Zhenlin (1902-1983), PRC revolutionary and military leader, played political role after the Cultural Revolution 铁托 鐵托 tiě tuō Marshal Josip Broz Tito (1892-1980), Yugoslav military and communist political leader, president of Yugoslavia 1945-1980 韩爱晶 韓愛晶 hán ài jīng Han Aijing (1945-), notorious red guard leader during Cultural Revolution, spent 15 years in prison for imprisoning and torturing political leaders 庞涓 龐涓 páng juān Pang Juan (-342 BC), military leader and political strategist of the School of Diplomacy 縱橫家|纵横家[Zong4 heng2 jia1] during the Warring States Period (425-221 BC) 政纪 政紀 zhèng jì rules for political staff / political discipline 政审 政審 zhèng shěn examine sb's political record / political investigation 政训处 政訓處 zhèng xùn chù political training office (during Chinese revolution, since renamed political division 政治部) 政党服务中心 Political Party Service Centre / Political Party Support Centre 执行达尔富尔和平协议政治议定书 執行達爾富爾和平協議政治議定書 Geneina Agreement between the Government of National Unity and the People's Forces for Rights and Democracy Movement / Political Protocol for implementation of the Darfur Peace Agreement / Geneina Political Protocol 朱奈纳政治议定书 朱奈納政治議定書 zhū nài nà zhèng zhì yì dìng shū Geneina Agreement between the Government of National Unity and the People's Forces for Rights and Democracy Movement / Political Protocol for implementation of the Darfur Peace Agreement / Geneina Political Protocol 公民及政治权利国际公约任择议定书 公民及政治權利國際公約任擇議定書 Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights / First Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 政法委 zhèng fǎ wěi Political and Legal Affairs Commission (may refer to the national-level Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission, responsible for overseeing law enforcement, judicial affairs and domestic security, or a corresponding body at a lower administrative level) 精华 精華 jīng huá best feature / most important part of an object / quintessence / essence / soul syn 重要 zhòng yào important / significant / major syn 重点 重點 zhòng diǎn important point / main point / focus / key (project etc) / to focus on / to put the emphasis on syn 重大 zhòng dà great / important / major / significant syn 最重要 zuì zhòng yào most important / key 伟大 偉大 wěi dà huge / great / grand / worthy of the greatest admiration / important (contribution etc) syn 没事 沒事 méi shì it's not important / it's nothing / never mind / to have nothing to do / to be free / to be all right (out of danger or trouble) syn 非常重要 fēi cháng zhòng yào very important 事迹 事跡 shì jì deed / past achievement / important event of the past syn 有意义 有意義 yǒu yì yì to make sense / to have meaning / to have significance / meaningful / significant / worthwhile / important / interesting 首要 shǒu yào the most important / of chief importance syn 看重 kàn zhòng to regard as important / to value syn 要紧 要緊 yào jǐn important / urgent syn 大将军 大將軍 dà jiāng jūn important general / generalissimo syn 要闻 要聞 yào wén important news story / headline 莫大 mò dà greatest / most important syn 大牌 dà pái strong card / honor card (card games) / very popular or successful person / self-important 重用 zhòng yòng to put in an important position syn 重量级 重量級 zhòng liàng jí (sports) heavyweight class / (fig.) important / major / prominent / influential 要人 yào rén important person syn 周公 zhōu gōng Duke of Zhou (11th c. BC), son of King Wen of Zhou 周文王[Zhou1 Wen2 wang2], played an important role as regent in founding the Western Zhou 西周[Xi1 Zhou1], and is also known as the "God of Dreams" 要件 yào jiàn key document / important condition / criterion / requirement / requisite / cornerstone 非同小可 fēi tóng xiǎo kě extremely important / no small matter syn 要务 要務 yào wù key task / important affair 高居 gāo jū to stand above / to occupy an important position / to rank (among the top few) syn 要事 yào shì important matter syn 侍从 侍從 shì cóng to serve (an important personage) / attendant / retainer syn 公馆 公館 gōng guǎn residence (of sb rich or important) / mansion syn 楚国 楚國 chǔ guó the state of Chu, one of the most important of the small states contending for power in China between 770 and 223 BC, located around present-day Hubei 算数 算數 suàn shù to count numbers / to keep to one's word / to hold (i.e. to remain valid) / to count (i.e. to be important) syn 保驾 保駕 bǎo jià (in former times) to escort the emperor (or other important personage) / (nowadays) to escort sb (usually jocular) syn 没事儿 沒事兒 méi shì r to have spare time / free from work / it's not important / it's nothing / never mind syn 要 yào to want / to need / to ask for / will / shall / about to / need to / should / if (same as 要是[yao4 shi5]) / (bound form) important syn 吃紧 吃緊 chī jǐn in short supply / dire / tense / critical / hard-pressed / important syn 忍辱负重 忍辱負重 rěn rǔ fù zhòng to endure humiliation as part of an important mission (idiom) / to suffer in silence 重臣 zhòng chén important minister / major figure in government syn 避重就轻 避重就輕 bì zhòng jiù qīng to avoid the important and dwell on the trivial / to keep silent about major charges while admitting minor ones syn 舍人 shè rén ancient office title / rich and important person 自命不凡 zì mìng bù fán to think too much of oneself / self-important / arrogant syn 织田信长 織田信長 zhī tián xìn cháng ODA Nobunaga (1534-1582), Japanese shogun (warlord), played an important role in unifying Japan 鼎鼎 dǐng dǐng great / very important 讳莫如深 諱莫如深 huì mò rú shēn important matter that must be kept secret (idiom) / don't breathe a word of it to anyone! syn 显要 顯要 xiǎn yào prominent / eminent / important person / notable / dignitary syn 白帝城 bái dì chéng Baidi town in Chongqing 重慶|重庆, north of the Changjiang, an important tourist attraction 拿大 ná dà to put on airs / self-important / high and mighty 祭酒 jì jiǔ to offer a libation / person who performs the libation before a banquet / senior member of a profession / important government post in imperial China 死要面子 sǐ yào miàn zi to regard face as all-important / to consider loss of face unthinkable 持重 chí zhòng prudent / cautious / to be in charge of ritual ceremonies / to hold an important office syn 计 計 jì to calculate / to compute / to count / to regard as important / to plan / ruse / meter / gauge syn 重典 zhòng diǎn important classic text / severe laws 荣毅仁 榮毅仁 róng yì rén Rong Yiren (1916-2005), PRC Vice President from 1993-1998, played an important role in opening Chinese economy to Western investors 从略 從略 cóng lüè to omit (less important details etc) syn 打紧 打緊 dǎ jǐn important 吃重 chī zhòng (of a role) arduous / important / (a vehicle's) loading capacity syn 要图 要圖 yào tú main plan / important program syn 要津 yào jīn strategic location / important hub / key post / prominent position syn 丧 喪 sàng to lose sth abstract but important (courage, authority, one's life etc) / to be bereaved of (one's spouse etc) / to die / disappointed / discouraged syn 不知轻重 不知輕重 bù zhī qīng zhòng lit. not knowing what's important (idiom) / no appreciation of the gravity of things / naive / doesn't know who's who / no sense of priorities 五鬼闹判 五鬼鬧判 wǔ guǐ nào pàn Five ghosts mock the judge, or Five ghosts resist judgment (title of folk opera, idiom) / important personage mobbed by a crowd of ne'er-do-wells 大题小作 大題小作 dà tí xiǎo zuò to cut a long story short / a brief treatment of a complicated subject / fig. to treat an important question as a minor matter 自视甚高 自視甚高 zì shì shèn gāo to think highly of oneself (idiom) / giving oneself airs / arrogant and self-important 轻重倒置 輕重倒置 qīng zhòng dào zhì to invert the importance of things (i.e. stress the unimportant and neglect the important) / lacking a sense of perspective / to put the cart before the horse syn 有眼不识泰山 有眼不識泰山 yǒu yǎn bù shí tài shān lit. to have eyes but fail to recognize Mt Tai (idiom) / fig. to fail to recognize sb important or sb's great talent / to be blind to the fact 重要问题 重要問題 zhòng yào wèn tí an important issue 兰克 蘭克 lán kè Rank (name) / Leopold von Ranke (1795-1886), important German historian 不当紧 不當緊 bù dāng jǐn not important / of no consequence 事物的本质重于外在 事物的本質重於外在 shì wù de běn zhì chóng yú wài zài essence is more important than external appearance / a rose by any other name would smell as sweet 任事 rèn shì appointment to an important post 切要 qiè yào essential / extremely important 名臣 míng chén important official or statesman (in feudal China) 国家重点学科 國家重點學科 guó jiā zhòng diǎn xué kē National Key Disciplines (disciplines recognized as important and supported by PRC central government, including medicine, science, chemistry, engineering, commerce and law) 孤拔 gū bá Amédée Courbet (1826-1885), a French admiral who won a series of important land and naval victories during the Tonkin campaign and the Sino-French War 性命攸关 性命攸關 xìng mìng yōu guān vitally important / a matter of life and death 