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"leading principles" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
大纲 大綱 dà gāng synopsis / outline / program / leading principles syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation
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
主导 主導 zhǔ dǎo leading / dominant / prevailing / to lead / to direct / to dominate 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
正统 正統 zhèng tǒng orthodoxy / tradition / orthodox / traditional / principles of dynastic succession / (of an heir) legitimate 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)
领唱 領唱 lǐng chàng to lead a chorus / choirmaster / leading singer
玄机 玄機 xuán jī profound theory (in Daoism and Buddhism) / mysterious principles syn
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
信道 xìn dào (telecommunications) channel / (in Confucian texts) to believe in the principles of wisdom and follow them
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
民族主义 民族主義 mín zú zhǔ yì nationalism / national self-determination / principle of nationalism, the first of Dr Sun Yat-sen's 孫中山|孙中山 Three Principles of the People 三民主義|三民主义 (at the time, meaning parity between China and the great powers) / racism
前脚 前腳 qián jiǎo one moment ..., (the next ...) / leading foot (in walking)
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
仪仗队 儀仗隊 yí zhàng duì honor guard / guard of honor / the banner bearing contingent leading a military procession
医理 醫理 yī lǐ medical knowledge / principles of medical science
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
三民主义 三民主義 sān mín zhǔ yì Dr Sun Yat-sen's 孫中山|孙中山 Three Principles of the People (late 1890s)
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
三个代表 三個代表 sān gè dài biǎo the Three Represents, a set of three guiding principles for the CCP introduced by Jiang Zemin 江澤民|江泽民[Jiang1 Ze2 min2] in 2000 and enshrined in the Constitution in 2004
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
荣辱观 榮辱觀 róng rǔ guān precepts regarding what is honorable and what is shameful (in particular, refers to the Socialist Concepts on Honors and Disgraces, PRC official moral principles promulgated from 2006) / abbr. for 社會主義榮辱觀|社会主义荣辱观 / also known as the Eight Honors and Eight Shames 八榮八恥|八荣八耻[Ba1 Rong2 Ba1 Chi3]
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
总则 總則 zǒng zé general rules / general principles / general provisions
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
乱伦 亂倫 luàn lún to violate moral principles / depravity / (esp.) to commit incest / incest
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
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
指导原则 指導原則 zhǐ dǎo yuán zé guiding principles
女将 女將 nǚ jiàng female general / (fig.) woman who is a leading figure in her area of expertise syn
四项基本原则 四項基本原則 sì xiàng jī běn yuán zé the Four Cardinal Principles enunciated by Deng Xiaoping 鄧小平|邓小平[Deng4 Xiao3 ping2] in 1979: to uphold the socialist road, the dictatorship of the proletariat, the leadership of the CCP, and Maoism and Marxism-Leninism
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
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
三原则 三原則 sān yuán zé the Three Principles (in many contexts)
霞飞 霞飛 xiá fēi Joseph Joffre (1852-1931), leading French general at the start of World War One
致畸 緻畸 zhì jī producing abnormality / leading to malformation / teratogenic
和平共处五项原则 和平共處五項原則 hé píng gòng chǔ wǔ xiàng yuán zé Zhou Enlai's Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence / 1954 Panchsheel series of agreements between PRC and India
门风 門風 mén fēng family tradition / family principles syn
格物 gé wù to study the underlying principles, esp. in neo-Confucian rational learning 理學|理学[li3 xue2] / word for Western natural sciences during late Qing
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]
项 項 xiàng back of neck / item / thing / term (in a mathematical formula) / sum (of money) / classifier for principles, items, clauses, tasks, research projects etc syn
虚 虛 xū emptiness / void / abstract theory or guiding principles / empty or unoccupied / diffident or timid / false / humble or modest / (of health) weak / virtual / in vain syn
阡 qiān road leading north and south syn
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)
推究 tuī jiū to study / to examine / to probe / to study the underlying principles syn
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
嶝 dèng path leading up a mountain
阼 zuò steps leading to the eastern door
福田 fú tián field for growing happiness / domain for practices leading to enlightenment (Buddhism)
退居二线 退居二線 tuì jū èr xiàn to withdraw to the second line of duty / to resign from a leading post (and assume an advisory post) syn
醉生梦死 醉生夢死 zuì shēng mèng sǐ as if drunk or entranced (idiom) / leading a befuddled existence / in a drunken stupor syn
艰苦朴素 艱苦樸素 jiān kǔ pǔ sù leading a plain, hardworking life (idiom) syn
三纲五常 三綱五常 sān gāng wǔ cháng three principles and five virtues (idiom) / the three rules (ruler guides subject, father guides son and husband guides wife) and five constant virtues of Confucianism (benevolence 仁, righteousness 義|义, propriety 禮|礼, wisdom 智 and fidelity 信)
舍生取义 捨生取義 shě shēng qǔ yì to give up life for righteousness (idiom, from Mencius) / to choose honor over life / would rather sacrifice one's life than one's principles syn
民权主义 民權主義 mín quán zhǔ yì democracy / civil liberties / principle of democracy, the second of Dr Sun Yat-sen's 孫中山|孙中山 Three Principles of the People 三民主義|三民主义 (at the time, meaning widespread popular involvement in affairs of state)
民生主义 民生主義 mín shēng zhǔ yì principle of people's livelihood, the third of Dr Sun Yat-sen's 孫中山|孙中山 Three Principles of the People 三民主義|三民主义 (at the time, meaning redistribution of wealth, self-sufficiency and internal trade)
生财有道 生財有道 shēng cái yǒu dào lit. there are principles behind making money (idiom) / fig. to have a knack for good business / knowing how to accumulate wealth / good at feathering one's own nest syn
关于联合政府伙伴关系原则的协议 關於聯合政府夥伴關系原則的協議 Acting Together for Kenya - Agreement on the principles of partnership of the coalition Government / Agreement on the Principles of Partnership of the Coalition Government
巴黎原则 巴黎原則 bā lí yuán zé Principles and Guidelines on Children Associated with Armed Forces or Armed Groups / Paris Principles
卡纳纳斯基斯原则 卡納納斯基斯原則 Principles to prevent terrorists, or those that harbour them, from gaining access to weapons or materials of mass destruction / Kananaskis Principles
森林原则 森林原則 sēn lín yuán zé Non-legally Binding Authoritative Statement of Principles for a Global Consensus on the Management, Conservation and Sustainable Development of All Types of Forests / Forest Principles
圣乔治环境可持续性原则宣言 圣喬治環境可持續性原則宣言 shèng qiáo zhì huán jìng kě chí xù xìng yuán zé xuān yán St. George's Declaration of Principles for Environmental Sustainability in the OECS / St. George's Declaration of Principles for Environmental Sustainability
原则宣言 原則宣言 Declaration of Principles - Building the Information Society: a global challenge in the new Millennium / Declaration of Principles
关于临时自治安排的原则声明 關於臨時自治安排的原則聲明 Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements / Declaration of Principles
原则声明 原則聲明 Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements / Declaration of Principles
军品出口领导小组 軍品出口領導小組 jūn pǐn chū kǒu lǐng dǎo xiǎo zǔ Military Products Leading Small Group
李鹏 李鵬 lǐ péng Li Peng (1928-2019), leading PRC politician, prime minister 1987-1998, reportedly leader of the conservative faction advocating the June 1989 Tiananmen clampdown
冤业 冤業 yuān yè sin (in Buddhism) / enmity leading to sin / also written 冤孽
周文王 zhōu wén wáng King Wen of Zhou state (c. 1152-1056 BC), reigned c. 1099-1056 BC as king of Zhou state, leading figure in building the subsequent Western Zhou dynasty, father of King Wu of Zhou 周武王[Zhou1 Wu3 wang2] the first Zhou dynasty king
大佬 dà lǎo big shot (leading some field or group) / godfather (in an organization)
失之毫厘，谬以千里 失之毫厘，謬以千里 shī zhī háo lí , miù yǐ qiān lǐ a tiny lapse can lead to a huge mistake (idiom) / a minor discrepancy leading to enormous losses
失之毫厘，差之千里 失之毫釐，差之千里 shī zhī háo lí , chà zhī qiān lǐ a tiny lapse can lead to a huge mistake (idiom) / a minor discrepancy leading to enormous losses
失之毫厘，差以千里 失之毫釐，差以千里 shī zhī háo lí , chà yǐ qiān lǐ a tiny lapse can lead to a huge mistake (idiom) / a minor discrepancy leading to enormous losses
密排 mì pái leading (between lines of type)
居首 jū shǒu leading / in first place / top of the list
当世之冠 當世之冠 dāng shì zhī guàn the foremost person of his age / unequalled / a leading light
当世冠 當世冠 dāng shì guàn the foremost person of his age / unequalled / a leading light
福煦 fú xù Ferdinand Foch (1851-1929), leading French general and commander-in-chief of allied forces in the latter stages of World War One
章太炎 zhāng tài yán Zhang Taiyan (1869-1936), scholar, journalist, revolutionary and leading intellectual around the time of the Xinhai revolution
章炳麟 zhāng bǐng lín Zhang Taiyan 章太炎 (1869-1936), scholar, journalist, revolutionary and leading intellectual around the time of the Xinhai revolution
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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