算 suàn to regard as / to figure / to calculate / to compute syn 重要 zhòng yào important / significant / major syn 数 數 shù number / figure / several / a few syn 人物 rén wù person / personage / figure (esp. sb of importance) / character (in a play, novel etc) / (genre of traditional Chinese painting) figure painting 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 数字 數字 shù zì numeral / digit / number / figure / amount / digital (electronics etc) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 主要 zhǔ yào main / principal / major / primary syn 重大 zhòng dà great / important / major / significant syn 大事 dà shì major event / major political event (war or change of regime) / major social event (wedding or funeral) / (do sth) in a big way / CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1] syn 形象 xíng xiàng image / form / figure / CL:個|个[ge4] / visualization / vivid syn 身材 shēn cái stature / build (height and weight) / figure syn 少校 shào xiào junior ranking officer in Chinese army / major / lieutenant commander 人士 rén shì person / figure / public figure syn 玩偶 wán ǒu toy figurine / action figure / stuffed animal / doll / (fig.) sb's plaything syn 花样 花樣 huā yàng pattern / way of doing sth / trick / ruse / fancy-style (as in 花樣滑冰|花样滑冰[hua1 yang4 hua2 bing1] figure skating) syn 死神 sǐ shén mythological figure (such as the Grim Reaper) in charge of taking the souls of those who die / (fig.) death syn 比喻 bǐ yù to compare / to liken to / metaphor / analogy / figure of speech / figuratively syn 重量级 重量級 zhòng liàng jí (sports) heavyweight class / (fig.) important / major / prominent / influential 元老 yuán lǎo senior figure / elder / doyen syn 大都会 大都會 dà dū huì major city / metropolis / metropolitan syn 外形 wài xíng figure / shape / external form / contour 身影 shēn yǐng silhouette / figure syn 总管 總管 zǒng guǎn to be in charge of (a major area of responsibility) / person in charge / manager / (old) butler (of a rich family) / chief steward 体形 體形 tǐ xíng figure / bodily form syn 主修 zhǔ xiū (education) to major in / major 猜中 cāi zhòng to guess correctly / to figure out the right answer syn 人影 rén yǐng the shadow of a human figure / a trace of a person's presence (usu. combined with a negative verb) syn 穆罕默德 mù hǎn mò dé Muhammad (c. 570-632), central figure of Islam and prophet of God 亚伯 亞伯 yà bó Abe (short form for Abraham) / Abel, a figure of Jewish, Christian and Muslim mythologies 要犯 yào fàn major criminal syn 狼狈 狼狽 láng bèi in a difficult situation / to cut a sorry figure / scoundrel! (derog.) syn 均匀 均勻 jūn yún even / well-distributed / homogeneous / well-proportioned (figure, body etc) syn 佼佼者 jiǎo jiǎo zhě well-known figure / excellent (person, company etc) syn 平面图 平面圖 píng miàn tú a plan / a planar graph / a plane figure 少将 少將 shào jiàng major general / rear admiral / air vice marshal 销售额 銷售額 xiāo shòu é sales figure / total income from sales / turnover 身形 shēn xíng figure (esp. a woman's) syn 炙手可热 炙手可熱 zhì shǒu kě rè lit. burn your hand, feel the heat (idiom) / fig. arrogance of the powerful / a mighty figure no-one dares approach / hot (exciting or in favor) 要冲 要衝 yào chōng road hub / major crossroad syn 大调 大調 dà diào major key (in music) 身段 shēn duàn a woman's physique / figure / posture on stage syn 图形 圖形 tú xíng picture / figure / diagram / graph / depiction / graphical syn 专攻 專攻 zhuān gōng to specialize in / to major in 体态 體態 tǐ tài figure / physique / posture syn 背影 bèi yǐng rear view / figure seen from behind / view of the back (of a person or object) syn 形体 形體 xíng tǐ figure / physique / form and structure 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 教主 jiào zhǔ founder or leader of a religion or sect / (fig.) revered figure 社会名流 社會名流 shè huì míng liú celebrity / public figure syn 土人 tǔ rén native / aborigine / clay figure syn 三星 sān xīng three major stars of the Three Stars 參宿|参宿[Shen1 xiu4] Chinese constellation / the belt of Orion / three spirits 福[fu2], 祿|禄[lu4], and 壽|寿[shou4] associated with the Three Stars 參宿|参宿[Shen1 xiu4] Chinese constellation 合计 合計 hé jì to add up the total / to figure what sth amounts to / to consider syn 蜡像 蠟像 là xiàng waxwork / wax figure 主攻 zhǔ gōng main assault / to focus on / to specialize in / to major in 花式 huā shì fancy-style (as in 花式溜冰|花式溜冰[hua1 shi4 liu1 bing1] figure skating) 整数 整數 zhěng shù whole number / integer (math.) / round figure syn 风云人物 風雲人物 fēng yún rén wù the man (or woman) of the moment (idiom) / influential figure syn 揣摩 chuǎi mó to analyze / to try to figure out / to try to fathom syn 九州 jiǔ zhōu division of China during earliest dynasties / fig. ancient China / Kyūshū, southernmost of Japan's four major islands syn 攻读 攻讀 gōng dú to major (in a field) / to study a specialty to obtain a higher degree syn 宏图 宏圖 hóng tú major undertaking / vast plan / grand prospect syn 小卒 xiǎo zú foot soldier / minor figure / a nobody / (chess) pawn syn 绿林 綠林 lù lín place in Hubei, the starting point for a major rebellion at the end of Western Han / also pr. [Lu:4 lin2] syn 招摇撞骗 招搖撞騙 zhāo yáo zhuàng piàn (idiom) to dupe people by passing oneself off as a well-connected individual or a figure of authority syn 大过 大過 dà guò serious mistake / major demerit syn 硕果 碩果 shuò guǒ major achievement / great work / triumphant success syn 要道 yào dào major road / thoroughfare / main road syn 大行星 major planet 英姿 yīng zī heroic bearing / dashing figure syn 知名人士 zhī míng rén shì public figure / celebrity syn 豪杰 豪傑 háo jié hero / towering figure syn 风姿 風姿 fēng zī good looks / good figure / graceful bearing / charm syn 小数 小數 xiǎo shù small figure / small amount / the part of a number to the right of the decimal point (or radix point) / fractional part of a number / number between 0 and 1 / decimal fraction 避重就轻 避重就輕 bì zhòng jiù qīng to avoid the important and dwell on the trivial / to keep silent about major charges while admitting minor ones syn 主将 主將 zhǔ jiàng commander-in-chief (military) / star player (sports) / key figure (in an organization) syn 想不开 想不開 xiǎng bu kāi cannot figure out / to be unable to take a lighter view / to take things too hard / to be depressed / to fret over trifles syn 重镇 重鎮 zhòng zhèn (military) strategic town / (fig.) major center (for commerce, culture or tourism etc) syn 基隆 jī lóng Chilung or Keelung, city and major port in north Taiwan 终身大事 終身大事 zhōng shēn dà shì major turning point of lifelong import (esp. marriage) syn 立体图 立體圖 lì tǐ tú three-dimensional figure / hologram / stereogram 头面人物 頭面人物 tóu miàn rén wù leading figure / bigwig syn 大关 大關 dà guān strategic pass / barrier or mark (i.e. a level considered impressive, usually a round figure such as 10,000) / instrument of torture used to break limbs 纹饰 紋飾 wén shì decorative motif / figure 变天 變天 biàn tiān to have a change of weather (esp. for the worse) / (fig.) to experience a major upheaval / to undergo sweeping change syn 心腹之患 xīn fù zhī huàn lit. calamity within one's bosom (idiom) / major trouble hidden within 想出 xiǎng chū to figure out / to work out (a solution etc) / to think up / to come up with (an idea etc) 大型企业 大型企業 dà xíng qǐ yè large scale industry / major industry 发威 發威 fā wēi to unleash one's power / (of an animal) to go on a rampage / (of a typhoon, earthquake etc) to wreak havoc / (of a figure of authority) to erupt in anger / to assert one's dominance 虹桥 虹橋 hóng qiáo Hongqiao, the name of numerous entities, notably a major airport in Shanghai, and a district in Tianjin 八路军 八路軍 bā lù jūn Eighth Route Army, the larger of the two major Chinese communist forces fighting the Japanese in the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945) syn 封神榜 fēng shén bǎng Investiture of the Gods, major Ming dynasty vernacular novel of mythology and fantasy, very loosely based on King Wu of Zhou's 周武王[Zhou1 Wu3 wang2] overthrow of the Shang, subsequent material for opera, film, TV series, computer games etc 纤体 纖體 xiān tǐ to get a slender figure / slimming 主要成分 zhǔ yào chéng fèn major constituent / major component 正则 正則 zhèng zé regular (figure in geometry) 大鳄 大鱷 dà è lit. big crocodile / fig. major figure / big shot / top boss (esp. criminal) 大道理 dà dào li major principle / general truth / sermon (reproof) / bombastic talk syn 朝鲜族 朝鮮族 cháo xiǎn zú Korean ethnic group in China (mainly in northeast China) / the Koreans (major ethnic group on the Korean Peninsula) 弄懂 nòng dǒng to make sense of / to grasp the meaning of / to figure out 重臣 zhòng chén important minister / major figure in government syn 