主 zhǔ owner / master / host / individual or party concerned / God / Lord / main / to indicate or signify / trump card (in card games) syn 主人 zhǔ rén master / host / owner / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 奴隶 奴隸 nú lì slave syn 王八 wáng bā tortoise / cuckold / (old) male owner of a brothel / pimp syn 店主 diàn zhǔ shop owner syn 卖命 賣命 mài mìng to work tirelessly / to give one's all / to slave away / to throw away one's life / to sacrifice oneself (usu. for an unworthy cause) syn 车主 車主 chē zhǔ vehicle owner 业主 業主 yè zhǔ owner / proprietor syn 身价 身價 shēn jià social status / price of a slave / price of a person (a sportsman etc) / worth / value (of stocks, valuables etc) syn 房主 fáng zhǔ landlord / house owner syn 所有者 suǒ yǒu zhě proprietor / owner syn 招领 招領 zhāo lǐng to advertise for the owner of lost property 厂家 廠家 chǎng jiā factory / manufacturer / (coll.) a factory owner / the factory management 物归原主 物歸原主 wù guī yuán zhǔ to return something to its rightful owner syn 返还 返還 fǎn huán restitution / return of something to its original owner / remittance 奴才 nú cai slave / fig. flunkey syn 船主 chuán zhǔ ship's captain / owner of ship 失主 shī zhǔ owner of sth lost or stolen 从良 從良 cóng liáng (of a slave or servant) to be given one's freedom / (of a prostitute) to marry and leave one's trade 奴婢 nú bì slave servant syn 婢女 bì nǚ slave girl / servant girl syn 主从 主從 zhǔ cóng master-slave (computing) / client-server (computing) / primary and secondary syn 伊索 yī suǒ Aesop (trad. 620-560 BC), Greek slave and storyteller, supposed author of Aesop's fables 家奴 jiā nú domestic slave / slave servant syn 船东 船東 chuán dōng ship owner syn 拾金不昧 shí jīn bù mèi to pick up money and not hide it (idiom) / to return property to its owner 奴隶社会 奴隸社會 nú lì shè huì slave-owning society (precedes feudal society 封建社會|封建社会 in Marxist theory) 性奴隶 性奴隸 xìng nú lì sex slave 娃子 wá zi baby / small child / (arch.) slave among ethnic minorities syn 富农 富農 fù nóng rich peasant / social class of people farming their own land, intermediate between land-owner class 地主[di4 zhu3] and poor peasant 貧農|贫农[pin2 nong2] 奴 nú slave syn 虏 虜 lǔ prisoner of war / to capture / to take prisoner / (old) northern barbarian / slave syn 完璧归赵 完璧歸趙 wán bì guī zhào lit. to return the jade annulus to Zhao (idiom) / fig. to return something intact to its rightful owner syn 自耕农 自耕農 zì gēng nóng owner peasant / land-holding peasant 婢 bì slave girl / maid servant syn 物主 wù zhǔ owner syn 企业主 企業主 qǐ yè zhǔ owner of enterprise syn 厂主 廠主 chǎng zhǔ factory owner 奴工 nú gōng slave labor / slave worker 摩顶放踵 摩頂放踵 mó dǐng fàng zhǒng to rub one's head and heels (idiom) / to slave for the benefit of others / to wear oneself out for the general good syn 僵尸网络 僵屍網絡 jiāng shī wǎng luò botnet / zombie network / slave network (used by spammers) 从动 從動 cóng dòng -driven (of mechanism, driven by a component) / slave (wheel, pulley) syn 悴奴 cuì nú feeble slave 房奴 fáng nú a slave to one's mortgage 浮动地狱 浮動地獄 fú dòng dì yù floating hell / slave ships 白奴 bái nú white-collar slave (office worker who is overworked and exploited) 耕奴 gēng nú agricultural slave / serf 臣虏 臣虜 chén lǔ slave 蛮子 蠻子 mán zi barbarian / slave servant / (old) contemptuous term for people from southern China (used by northern Chinese people) 车奴 車奴 chē nú car slave, sb forced to sacrifice quality of life to buy or maintain a car 黑砖窑 黑磚窯 hēi zhuān yáo lit. black brick kiln / factories that acquired notoriety in 2007 for slave labor 卡奴 kǎ nú a slave to one's credit card / sb who is unable to repay their credit card borrowings 贩卖奴隶 販賣奴隸 fàn mài nú lì slave trade 禁止贩卖白奴国际公约 International Convention for the Suppression of the White Slave Traffic 禁止贩卖白奴国际协定 禁止販賣白奴國際協定 International Agreement for the Suppression of the White Slave Traffic 贩卖黑奴及其废除的国际纪念日 販賣黑奴及其廢除的國際紀念日 International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition 儿童奴隶 兒童奴隸 child slave 随动式机械手 隨動式機械手 master / slave manipulator 奴隶之路 奴隸之路 Slave Route "贩奴之路"世界纪念活动 "販奴之路"世界紀念活動 World Commemoration of the "Slave Route" 当牛作马 當牛作馬 dāng niú zuò mǎ to work like a horse and toil like an ox / fig. to slave for sb 不为酒困 不為酒困 bù wéi jiǔ kùn not a slave to the bottle / able to enjoy alcohol in moderation / able to hold one's drink 孩奴 hái nú "a slave to one's children", hard-working parents who would do everything to ensure their children's well-being, in disregard of their own needs 证奴 證奴 zhèng nú "a slave to certificates", sb who does one's utmost to obtain as many certificates as possible so to be more employable 小鬟 xiǎo huán (historical) chignon worn by a young girl / slave girl (prepubescent household courtesan wearing a distinctive paired chignon hairstyle) 性奴 xìng nú sex slave 半自耕农 半自耕農 bàn zì gēng nóng semi-tenant peasant / semi-owner peasant 财东 財東 cái dōng shop owner / moneybags syn 以子之矛，攻子之盾 yǐ zǐ zhī máo , gōng zǐ zhī dùn lit. use sb's spear to attack his shield (idiom, derived from Han Feizi 韓非子|韩非子) / turning a weapon against its owner / fig. to attack an opponent using his own devices / hoist with his own petard 前车主 前車主 qián chē zhǔ previous owner (of a car for sale) 所有主 suǒ yǒu zhǔ owner / proprietor 打狗欺主 dǎ gǒu qī zhǔ to beat a dog and bully its owner / fig. to humiliate sb indirectly by bullying a subordinate 有产者 有產者 yǒu chǎn zhě property owner / the wealthy syn 物各有主 wù gè yǒu zhǔ everything has a rightful owner (idiom) 相配物 xiāng pèi wù thing that is well suited / pet animal that suits its owner 东主 東主 dōng zhǔ owner (e.g. of a shop) 国际飞机所有人和驾驶员协会理事会 International Council of Aircraft Owner and Pilot Associations 业务所有人 業務所有人 yè wù suǒ yǒu rén business owner 沃伦・巴菲特 沃倫・巴菲特 wò lún · bā fēi tè Warren Buffett (1930-), the Sage of Omaha, US investor and philanthropist, principal owner of holding company Berkshire Hathaway 米哈伊尔・普罗霍罗夫 米哈伊爾・普羅霍羅夫 mǐ hā yī ěr · pǔ luó huò luó fū Mikhail Prokhorov (1965-), Russian billionaire and owner of the Brooklyn Nets (NBA team) 闲章 閑章 xián zhāng recreative seal, bearing not the owner's name but a well-known verse or such, and used for artistic purposes on paintings etc 儿不嫌母丑，狗不嫌家贫 兒不嫌母醜，狗不嫌家貧 ér bù xián mǔ chǒu , gǒu bù xián jiā pín a son won't abandon his mother for being ugly, just as a dog won't abandon its owner for being poor (proverb) 沃伦·巴菲特 沃倫·巴菲特 wò lún · bā fēi tè Warren Buffett (1930-), the Sage of Omaha, US investor and philanthropist, principal owner of holding company Berkshire Hathaway 米哈伊尔·普罗霍罗夫 米哈伊爾·普羅霍羅夫 mǐ hā yī ěr · pǔ luó huò luó fū Mikhail Prokhorov (1965-), Russian billionaire and owner of the Brooklyn Nets (NBA team) 代驾 代駕 dài jià to drive a vehicle for its owner (often as a paid service for sb who has consumed alcohol) (abbr. for 代理駕駛|代理驾驶[dai4 li3 jia4 shi3]) / substitute driver (abbr. for 代駕司機|代驾司机[dai4 jia4 si1 ji1]) 铲屎官 鏟屎官 chǎn shǐ guān (neologism) (coll.) pet owner (lit. "official in charge of cleaning up poop") 猫奴 貓奴 māo nú cat owner (neologism c. 2013, jocular) 所有人 suǒ yǒu rén everyone / owner 正主 zhèng zhǔ central figure / rightful owner / (slang) idol of a fan 王八 wáng ba softshell turtle / cuckold / (old) male owner of a brothel syn 