女主 nǚ zhǔ female lead / female protagonist 主人公 zhǔ rén gōng hero (of a novel or film) / main protagonist syn 大类 大類 dà lèi main type / main class / main category 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 祸首罪魁 禍首罪魁 huò shǒu zuì kuí main offender, criminal ringleader (idiom) / main culprit / fig. main cause of a disaster 罪魁祸首 罪魁禍首 zuì kuí - huò shǒu (idiom) criminal ringleader / main offender / main culprit / main cause of a disaster syn 一姐 yī jiě (coll.) top-ranked female / leading female / top female personality (in a particular field, esp. in entertainment or sports) 主角 zhǔ jué leading role / lead / protagonist syn 局中人 jú zhōng rén participant / protagonist / a player (in this affair) 孔乙己 kǒng yǐ jǐ Kong Yiji, protagonist of a short story of the same name by Lu Xun 魯迅|鲁迅[Lu3 Xun4] depicting the life of a poor, unsuccessful scholar who clings to his Confucian ideals despite his dismal circumstances 杨过 楊過 yáng guò Yang Guo, protagonist of "The Return of the Condor Heroes" 神鵰俠侶|神雕侠侣[Shen2diao1 Xia2lu:3] / (used jocularly as a verb "to have tested positive", since 楊|杨[Yang2] and 陽|阳[yang2] are homonyms) 正文 zhèng wén main text (as opposed to footnotes) / main body (of a book) syn 主机 主機 zhǔ jī main engine / (military) lead aircraft / (computing) host computer / main processor / server syn 主流 zhǔ liú main stream (of a river) / fig. the essential point / main viewpoint of a matter / mainstream (culture etc) syn 主力 zhǔ lì main force / main strength of an army 主线 主線 zhǔ xiàn main line (of communication) / main thread (of a plotline or concept) / central theme 正门 正門 zhèng mén main entrance / main gate / portal 主力军 主力軍 zhǔ lì jūn main force (military) / (fig.) the group or element with the most impact / mainstay / main cohort 干道 幹道 gàn dào arterial road / main road / main watercourse 大动脉 大動脈 dà dòng mài main artery (blood vessel) / fig. main highway / arterial road syn 喧宾夺主 喧賓奪主 xuān bīn duó zhǔ lit. the voice of the guest overwhelms that of the host (idiom) / fig. a minor player upstages the main attraction / minor details obscure the main point / the sauce is better than the fish syn 大雄宝殿 大雄寶殿 dà xióng bǎo diàn Hall of Great Strength, main hall of a Buddhist temple containing the main image of veneration 大雄[da4 xiong2] 主导爆索 zhǔ dǎo bào suǒ main detonating line / main line 主营地 main cantonment / main cantonment site 主要机关 主要機關 main organ / main body / principal organ 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 大姐头 大姐頭 dà jiě tóu (Tw) female gang leader / female boss / big sister 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 姐们 姐們 jiě men (coll.) close female friend / sis (between female friends) 主要 zhǔ yào main / principal / major / primary 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 重点 重點 zhòng diǎn important point / main point / focus / key (project etc) / to focus on / to put the emphasis on syn 本文 běn wén this text / article / the main body of a book syn 主板 zhǔ bǎn (computing) motherboard / (stock market) main board 主体 主體 zhǔ tǐ main part / bulk / body / subject / agent syn 大道 dà dào main street / avenue syn 大街 dà jiē street / main street / CL:條|条[tiao2] syn 主场 主場 zhǔ chǎng (sports) home ground / home field / (sports) home game / main venue (for a festival etc) 要点 要點 yào diǎn main point / essential 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 大军 大軍 dà jūn army / main forces syn 最主要 zuì zhǔ yào main syn 本着 本著 běn zhe based on... / in conformance with.. / taking as one's main principle syn 主要原因 zhǔ yào yuán yīn main reason / primary cause 重心 zhòng xīn center of gravity / central core / main part syn 主打 zhǔ dǎ principal / main / flagship (product) / title (track) / to specialize in / to take as one's priority / to primarily focus on 大意 dà yì general idea / main idea syn 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 大殿 dà diàn main hall of a Buddhist temple 江北 jiāng běi Jiangbei, a district of Chongqing 重慶|重庆[Chong2qing4] / Chongqing's main airport / Jiangbei, a district of Ningbo City 寧波市|宁波市[Ning2bo1 Shi4], Zhejiang 五彩 wǔ cǎi five (main) colors (white, black, red, yellow, and blue) / multicolored syn 主要任务 主要任務 zhǔ yào rèn wu main task / principal duty 四国 四國 sì guó Shikoku (one of the four main islands of Japan) 头绪 頭緒 tóu xù outline / main threads syn 本体 本體 běn tǐ main part / torso / the thing in itself / noumenon (object of purely intellectual perception according to Kant) 主攻 zhǔ gōng main assault / to focus on / to specialize in / to major in 主旨 zhǔ zhǐ gist / main idea / general tenor / one's judgment syn 主业 主業 zhǔ yè main business 要领 要領 yào lǐng main aspects / essentials / gist syn 正传 正傳 zhèng zhuàn main subject of long novel / true biography 基调 基調 jī diào main key (of a musical composition) / keynote (speech) 大雄 dà xióng great hero / main Buddhist image (in temple) 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 干线 幹線 gàn xiàn main line / trunk line 经纬 經緯 jīng wěi warp and woof / longitude and latitude / main points syn 主干 主幹 zhǔ gàn trunk / main / core syn 主要因素 zhǔ yào yīn sù main factor / principal cause 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) 山门 山門 shān mén monastery main gate (Buddhism) / monastery 淮河 huái hé Huai River, main river of east China, between the Yellow River 黃河|黄河[Huang2 He2] and the Changjiang 長江|长江[Chang2 Jiang1] 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 主因 zhǔ yīn main reason 头等 頭等 tóu děng first class / prime / main syn 大义 大義 dà yì righteousness / virtuous cause / a woman's marriage / main points of a piece of writing syn 主轴 主軸 zhǔ zhóu axis / principal axis (in mechanics, optics, botany etc) / main axle (of engine) syn 小雅 xiǎo yǎ one of the three main divisions of the Book of Songs 詩經|诗经 重头戏 重頭戲 zhòng tóu xì opera (or role) involving much singing and action / (fig.) highlight / main feature / major activity syn 主峰 zhǔ fēng main peak (of a mountain range) syn 主人翁 zhǔ rén wēng master (of the house) / main character in a novel etc / hero or heroine syn 主楼 主樓 zhǔ lóu main building 