"mainstream (n)" Chinese-English Dictionary

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