主机 主機 zhǔ jī main engine / (military) lead aircraft / (computing) host computer / main processor / server syn 罪魁祸首 罪魁禍首 zuì kuí huò shǒu criminal ringleader, main offender (idiom) / main culprit / fig. main cause of a disaster syn 主流 zhǔ liú main stream (of a river) / fig. the essential point / main viewpoint of a matter / mainstream (culture etc) syn 正门 正門 zhèng mén main entrance / main gate / portal 主力 zhǔ lì main force / main strength of an army 大动脉 大動脈 dà dòng mài main artery (blood vessel) / fig. main highway / arterial road syn 高楼 高樓 gāo lóu high building / multistory building / skyscraper / CL:座[zuo4] syn 厂房 廠房 chǎng fáng a building used as a factory / factory (building) / CL:座[zuo4],棟|栋[dong4] 主线 主線 zhǔ xiàn main line (of communication) / main thread (of a plotline or concept) / central theme 教学楼 教學樓 jiào xué lóu school building / academic building 封顶 封頂 fēng dǐng to put a roof (on a building) / to cap the roof (finishing a building project) / fig. to put a ceiling (on spending, prize, ambition etc) / to top off / fig. to reach the highest point (of growth, profit, interest rates) / to stop growing (of plant bud or branch) 动土 動土 dòng tǔ to break ground (prior to building sth) / to start building syn 正文 zhèng wén main text (as opposed to footnotes) / main body (of a book) syn 干道 幹道 gàn dào arterial road / main road / main watercourse 主力军 主力軍 zhǔ lì jūn main force (military) / (fig.) the group or element with the most impact / mainstay / main cohort 大类 大類 dà lèi main type / main class / main category 屋架 wū jià a building / the frame of a building / roof beam / truss 怀仁堂 懷仁堂 huái rén táng Huairen Hall or Huairentang, a building inside Zhongnanhai 中南海[Zhong1 nan2 hai3], used as the main meeting place of the Politburo of the CCP 得 de structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc syn 干 幹 gàn tree trunk / main part of sth / to manage / to work / to do / capable / cadre / to kill (slang) / to fuck (vulgar) / (coll.) pissed off / annoyed syn 将 將 jiāng will / shall / to use / to take / to checkmate / just a short while ago / (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把[ba3]) syn 正 zhèng straight / upright / proper / main / principal / to correct / to rectify / exactly / just (at that time) / right (in that place) / (math.) positive syn 进 進 jìn to go forward / to advance / to go in / to enter / to put in / to submit / to take in / to admit / (math.) base of a number system / classifier for sections in a building or residential compound syn 房子 fáng zi house / building (single- or two-story) / apartment / room / CL:棟|栋[dong4],幢[zhuang4],座[zuo4],套[tao4],間|间[jian1] syn 身 shēn body / life / oneself / personally / one's morality and conduct / the main part of a structure or body / pregnant / classifier for sets of clothes: suit, twinset / Kangxi radical 158 syn 主 zhǔ owner / master / host / individual or party concerned / God / Lord / main / to indicate or signify / trump card (in card games) syn 公寓 gōng yù apartment building / block of flats (may be a public housing block or a condominium etc) (CL:套[tao4]) syn 专业 專業 zhuān yè specialty / specialized field / main field of study (at university) / major / CL:門|门[men2],個|个[ge4] / professional syn 基本 jī běn basic / fundamental / main / elementary syn 大街 dà jiē street / main street / CL:條|条[tiao2] syn 主要 zhǔ yào main / principal / major / primary syn 大楼 大樓 dà lóu building (a relatively large, multistory one) / CL:幢[zhuang4],座[zuo4] syn 重点 重點 zhòng diǎn important point / main point / focus / key (project etc) / to focus on / to put the emphasis on syn 建筑 建築 jiàn zhù to construct / building / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 地盘 地盤 dì pán domain / territory under one's control / foundation of a building / base of operations / crust of earth syn 大道 dà dào main street / avenue syn 下手 xià shǒu to start / to put one's hand to / to set about / the seat to the right of the main guest syn 头绪 頭緒 tóu xù outline / main threads syn 大厦 大廈 dà shà (used in the names of grand buildings such as 百老匯大廈|百老汇大厦 Broadway Mansions (in Shanghai) or 帝國大廈|帝国大厦 Empire State Building etc) syn 前门 前門 qián mén front door / main entrance / honest and upright approach (as opposed to 後門|后门, back-door or under the counter) 房屋 fáng wū house / building / CL:所[suo3],套[tao4] syn 平台 平臺 píng tái platform / terrace / flat-roofed building syn 楼顶 樓頂 lóu dǐng top of a building 建筑物 建築物 jiàn zhù wù building / structure / edifice syn 要点 要點 yào diǎn main point / essential syn 金字塔 jīn zì tǎ pyramid (building or structure) 单元 單元 dān yuán unit (forming an entity) / element / (in a residential building) entrance or staircase 倒塌 dǎo tā to collapse (of building) / to topple over syn 重心 zhòng xīn center of gravity / central core / main part syn 楼层 樓層 lóu céng floor / story (of a building) syn 主人公 zhǔ rén gōng hero (of a novel or film) / main protagonist syn 顶层 頂層 dǐng céng top floor / the top of a building 头等 頭等 tóu děng first class / prime / main syn 大军 大軍 dà jūn army / main forces syn 混凝土 hùn níng tǔ concrete (building material) syn 本州 běn zhōu Honshū, the main island of Japan 地基 dì jī foundations (of a building) / base syn 主场 主場 zhǔ chǎng (sports) home ground / home field / (sports) home game / main venue (for a festival etc) 塔楼 塔樓 tǎ lóu tower (of building) syn 公寓楼 公寓樓 gōng yù lóu apartment building / CL:座[zuo4] 元凶 yuán xiōng chief offender / main culprit syn 主菜 zhǔ cài main course 楼房 樓房 lóu fáng a building of two or more stories / CL:棟|栋[dong4],幢[zhuang4],座[zuo4] syn 正餐 zhèng cān (regular) meal / full meal / main course 大雅 dà yǎ one of the three main divisions of the Book of Songs 詩經|诗经 syn 跳楼 跳樓 tiào lóu to jump from a building (to kill oneself) / fig. to sell at a large discount (in advertising) 修缮 修繕 xiū shàn to renovate / to repair (a building) syn 主旨 zhǔ zhǐ gist / main idea / general tenor / one's judgment syn 办公楼 辦公樓 bàn gōng lóu office building / CL:座[zuo4],棟|栋[dong4] 坐落 zuò luò to be situated / to be located (of a building) syn 铁皮 鐵皮 tiě pí galvanized iron sheet (for building construction) syn 症结 癥結 zhēng jié hard lump in the abdomen (in Chinese medicine) / crux of an issue / main point in an argument / sticking point / deadlock in negotiations syn 积木 積木 jī mù toy building blocks 一了百了 yī liǎo bǎi liǎo (idiom) once the main problem is solved, all troubles are solved / death ends all one's troubles syn 改建 gǎi jiàn to rebuild / to transform (a building) / to refurbish syn 重头戏 重頭戲 zhòng tóu xì opera (or role) involving much singing and action / (fig.) highlight / main feature / major activity syn 动工 動工 dòng gōng to start (a building project) syn 基调 基調 jī diào main key (of a musical composition) / keynote (speech) 主旋律 zhǔ xuán lǜ (music) theme / principal melody / (fig.) central theme / main idea / (of a movie) created with the purpose of promoting Party values and point of view syn 供暖 gōng nuǎn to supply heating (in a building) / heating 主攻 zhǔ gōng main assault / to focus on / to specialize in / to major in 干线 幹線 gàn xiàn main line / trunk line 校舍 xiào shè school building 建国 建國 jiàn guó to found a country / nation-building / the foundation of PRC by Mao Zedong in 1949 syn 主体 主體 zhǔ tǐ main part / bulk / body / subject / agent syn 拆迁 拆遷 chāi qiān to demolish a building and relocate the inhabitants syn 要领 要領 yào lǐng main aspects / essentials / gist syn 正传 正傳 zhèng zhuàn main subject of long novel / true biography 建材 jiàn cái building materials 矗立 chù lì to tower / standing tall and upright (of large building) syn 偷工减料 偷工減料 tōu gōng jiǎn liào to skimp on the job and stint on materials (idiom) / jerry-building / sloppy work syn 本着 本著 běn zhe based on... / in conformance with.. / taking as one's main principle syn 楼道 樓道 lóu dào corridor / passageway (in storied building) 扩建 擴建 kuò jiàn to extend (a building, an airport runway etc) 诸葛亮 諸葛亮 zhū gě liàng Zhuge Liang (181-234), military leader and prime minister of Shu Han 蜀漢|蜀汉[Shu3 Han4] during the Three Kingdoms period / the main hero of the fictional Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义[San1guo2 Yan3yi4], where he is portrayed as a sage and military genius / (fig.) a mastermind syn 五彩 wǔ cǎi five (main) colors (white, black, red, yellow, and blue) / multicolored syn 本体 本體 běn tǐ main part / torso / the thing in itself / noumenon (object of purely intellectual perception according to Kant) 承重 chéng zhòng (usu. of a structural component of a building) to bear a load / load-bearing (wall, pillar etc) 活动房 活動房 huó dòng fáng prefabricated building / prefab 