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"major premise" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
大前提 dà qián tí major premise
Chinese Pinyin Translation
重要 zhòng yào important / significant / major 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
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
少校 shào xiào junior ranking officer in Chinese army / major / lieutenant commander
前提 qián tí premise / precondition / prerequisite
重量级 重量級 zhòng liàng jí (sports) heavyweight class / (fig.) important / major / prominent / influential
大都会 大都會 dà dū huì major city / metropolis / metropolitan 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
主修 zhǔ xiū (education) to major in / major
要犯 yào fàn major criminal syn
少将 少將 shào jiàng major general / rear admiral / air vice marshal
要冲 要衝 yào chōng road hub / major crossroad syn
大调 大調 dà diào major key (in music)
专攻 專攻 zhuān gōng to specialize in / to major in
重头戏 重頭戲 zhòng tóu xì opera (or role) involving much singing and action / (fig.) highlight / main feature / major activity 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
主攻 zhǔ gōng main assault / to focus on / to specialize in / to major in
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
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
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
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
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
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
大型企业 大型企業 dà xíng qǐ yè large scale industry / major industry
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
主要成分 zhǔ yào chéng fèn major constituent / major component
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)
重臣 zhòng chén important minister / major figure in government syn
真武 zhēn wǔ Lord of profound heaven, major Daoist deity / aka Black Tortoise 玄武 or Black heavenly emperor 玄天上帝
封神演义 封神演義 fēng shén yǎn yì 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
王建民 wáng jiàn mín Chien-Ming Wang (1980-), Taiwanese starting pitcher for the Washington Nationals in Major League Baseball
李陵 lǐ líng Li Ling (-74 BC), Han dynasty general whose defeat by the Xiongnu 匈奴 in 104 BC led to a major scandal
闽南话 閩南話 mǐn nán huà Southern Min, a family of Sinitic languages spoken in southern Fujian and surrounding areas / Hokkien, major variety of Southern Min
淮海战役 淮海戰役 huái hǎi zhàn yì Huaihai Campaign (Nov 1948-Jan 1949), one of the three major campaigns by the People's Liberation Army near the end of the Chinese Civil War, considered the determining battle of the war
天狼星 tiān láng xīng Sirius, a double star in constellation Canis Major 大犬座
鲷 鯛 diāo porgy / pagrus major
湘绣 湘繡 xiāng xiù Hunan embroidery, one of the four major traditional styles of Chinese embroidery (the other three being 蘇繡|苏绣[Su1 xiu4], 粵繡|粤绣[Yue4 xiu4] and 蜀繡|蜀绣[Shu3 xiu4])
螟虫 螟蟲 míng chóng boring insect / snout moth's larva (Aphomia gullaris or Plodia interpuncuella or Heliothus armigera etc), major agricultural pest syn
苡 yǐ common plantain (Plantago major)
螟 míng boring insect / snout moth's larva (Aphomia gullaris or Plodia interpuncuella or Heliothus armigera etc), major agricultural pest syn
大城市 dà chéng shì major city / metropolis syn
大熊座 dà xióng zuò Ursa Major, the Great Bear (constellation)
大器晚成 dà qì wǎn chéng lit. it takes a long time to make a big pot (idiom) / fig. a great talent matures slowly / in the fullness of time a major figure will develop into a pillar of the state / Rome wasn't built in a day syn
天崩地裂 tiān bēng dì liè heaven falls and earth rends (idiom) / rocked by a major disaster / fig. violent revolution / major social upheaval syn
戴盆望天 dài pén wàng tiān lit. viewing the sky with a basin on one's head / it is hard to get a clear view of the sky while carrying a platter on one's head / fig. it is hard to get on in one's career while encumbered by family obligations / one can't perform a major task while bothered by other duties syn
放长线钓大鱼 放長線釣大魚 fàng cháng xiàn diào dà yú use a long line to catch a big fish (idiom) / a long-term plan for major returns
变生肘腋 變生肘腋 biàn shēng zhǒu yè lit. calamity in one's armpit (idiom) / a major coup happening on one's doorstep / trouble or danger in one's own backyard
大政方针 大政方針 dà zhèng fāng zhēn major policy of the national government
荙 薘 dá plantago major
用户端设备 用戶端設備 yòng hù duān shè bèi customer premise equipment / CPE
伪命题 偽命題 wěi mìng tí false proposition / fundamentally flawed notion / (in popular usage, can also refer to anything based on a flawed notion, such as a false dichotomy or a question that starts with a false premise)
主要经济体能源和气候变化论坛 Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate / Major Economies Forum
主要装备的偿还率 major equipment reimbursement rate / major equipment rate
主要装备标准 主要裝備標準 major equipment standards / performance standards for major equipment / serviceability standards
主要装备的性能标准 主要裝備的性能標準 major equipment standards / performance standards for major equipment / serviceability standards
大规模区域冲突 大規模區域沖突 major regional conflict / major theatre war
大节 大節 dà jié major festival / important matter / major principle / high moral character syn
芣 fóu Plantago major
主科 zhǔ kē required courses in the major subject
平津战役 平津戰役 píng jīn zhàn yì Pingjin Campaign (Nov 1948-Jan 1949), one of the three major campaigns by the People's Liberation Army near the end of the Chinese Civil War
真鲷 真鯛 zhēn diāo porgy (Pagrosomus major) / red sea bream syn
中远太平洋 中遠太平洋 zhōng yuǎn tài píng yáng COSCO Pacific Limited, major freight company
中远太平洋有限公司 中遠太平洋有限公司 zhōng yuǎn tài píng yáng yǒu xiàn gōng sī COSCO Pacific Limited, major freight company
以小挤大 以小擠大 yǐ xiǎo jǐ dà minor projects eclipse major ones (idiom)
八大工业国组织 八大工業國組織 bā dà gōng yè guó zǔ zhī G8 (group of eight major industrialized nations)
六级士官 六級士官 liù jí shì guān sergeant major
加吉鱼 加吉魚 jiā jí yú porgy (Pagrosomus major)
博福斯 bó fú sī Bofors, Swedish arms company involved in major corruption case during 1980s
和田市 hé tián shì Hotan, a major oasis town in southwestern Xinjiang
基隆市 jī lóng shì Chilung or Keelung, city and major port in north Taiwan
大三和弦 dà sān hé xián major triad do-mi-so
大三度 dà sān dù major third (musical interval)
大小三度 dà xiǎo sān dù major and minor third (musical interval)
大星芹 dà xīng qín great masterwort (Astrantia major)
大犬座 dà quǎn zuò Canis Major (constellation)
屈原纪念馆 屈原紀念館 qū yuán jì niàn guǎn Qu Yuan Memorial Hall in Zigui county 秭歸縣|秭归县[Zi3 gui1 Xian4], Hubei, built in 1982 and a major tourist attraction since then
本因坊 běn yīn fāng Honinbo, major school of Go in Japan (1612-1940) / title held by the winner of the Honinbo Go tournament (1941-)
李希霍芬 lǐ xī huò fēn Ferdinand von Richthofen (1833-1905), German geologist and explorer who published a major foundational study of the geology of China in 1887 and first introduced the term Silk Road 絲綢之路|丝绸之路
横滨市 橫濱市 héng bīn shì Yokohama, major port city in Kanagawa prefecture 神奈川縣|神奈川县[Shen2 nai4 chuan1 xian4], Japan
毗耶娑 pí yē suō Vyasa, Indian sage and scribe, supposed author of epic 摩訶婆羅多|摩诃婆罗多[Mo2 he1 po2 luo2 duo1] and a major figure in it
产粮大省 產糧大省 chǎn liáng dà shěng major agricultural province
粘虫 粘蟲 nián chóng army worm (e.g. Mythimna separata or Leucania separata etc, major cereal pests)
翠青蛇 cuì qīng shé Entechinus major (kind of snake)
圣德太子 聖德太子 shèng dé tài zǐ Prince Shōtoku Taiji (574-621), major Japanese statesman and reformer of the Asuka period 飛鳥時代|飞鸟时代[Fei1 niao3 Shi2 dai4], proponent of state Buddhism, portrayed as Buddhist saint
圣索非亚大教堂 聖索非亞大教堂 shèng suǒ fēi yà dà jiào táng Hagia Sophia (the main cathedral of Constantinople, subsequently the major mosque of Istanbul)
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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