"mainstream" Chinese-English Dictionary

Chinese	Pinyin	Part of speech	Translation	Actions
主流	zhǔ liú	n.	main stream (of a river) / fig. the essential point / main viewpoint of a matter / mainstream (culture etc)	syn
纳入主流納入主流	nà rù zhǔ liú		mainstream (n)

Chinese	Pinyin	Part of speech	Translation	Actions
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
非主流	fēi zhǔ liú		alternative / non-mainstream
边缘人邊緣人	biān yuán rén		marginalized people (not part of mainstream society) / marginal man (term coined by social psychologist Kurt Lewin, referring to a person in transition between two cultures or social groups, not fully belonging to either)
出圈	chū quān		to gain popularity beyond the original niche community or fan base / to go mainstream
非洲单源说非洲單源說	fēi zhōu dān yuán shuō		single origin out of Africa (current mainstream theory of human evolution)
主流发展模式			mainstream development paradigm
将人的发展纳入业务活动主流信托基金			Trust Fund to Mainstream Human Development into Operational Activities
小众小眾	xiǎo zhòng		minority of the population / non-mainstream (activity, pursuit etc) / niche (market etc)
芭乐歌芭樂歌	bā lè gē		(Tw) ballad (loanword) / mainstream song
主理人	zhǔ lǐ rén		(coll.) person in charge, manager (originally, chiefly in Hong Kong, Macau) / (esp.) creative director or founder of a boutique brand (newer, mainstream sense)

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