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主
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Definitions
- 1. owner
- 2. master
- 3. host
- 4. individual or party concerned
- 5. God
- 6. Lord
- 7. main
- 8. to indicate or signify
- 9. trump card (in card games)
Example Sentences
1 shown這是共產 主 義。
Sentence data courtesy of Tatoeba.org.
Words Containing 主
sovereignty
client
suzerain state
lit. the guest acts as host (idiom); fig. to turn from passive to active behavior
can't help; involuntarily (idiom)
victim's family (esp. in murder case)
anarchism
transcendentalism
(medicine) to complain of; a patient's brief account of their illness
commander-in-chief (military)
patriotism
meritocracy
tyranny
to rely mainly on
cliquism
Epiphany
vehicle owner
Nazism
to take charge of
master of the house
occupant of tomb
social Darwinism
Snow White
male chauvinist
local wealthy landlord
Monroe Doctrine
live vlogger
China Association for Promoting Democracy
both the guests and the hosts thoroughly enjoy themselves (idiom)
pragmatism
imperial empress
populism
feudalism
\Fight the Landlord\ (card game)
patron saint
God (in Catholicism)
main force
archbishop
capitalism
national socialism
gherao (from Hindi, SE Asian method of protest)
independent and autonomous (idiom); self-determination
Marxism-Leninism
collectivism
Gloria (section of Catholic mass)
feudal lord
host
diocese
plan
Comintern
aorta
without one's own opinions
Sinocentrism
scientism
the Lamb of God
in charge (of a position etc)
unilateralism
battleship
nudism
Communist Youth League of China
subject-verb-object SVO or subject-predicate-object sentence pattern (e.g. in Chinese grammar)
feudal ruler
neocolonialism
in charge
historical materialism (Marx's theory of history)
victim (of a criminal)
Juche Idea (North Korean ideology of political, economic and military independence)
lead underwriter
hostname (of a networked computer)
democratic revolution
blogger
libertarianism
Socialist Education Movement (1963-66), formal name of the Four Cleanups Movement 四清運動|四清运动[sì qīng yùn dòng]
jummah or Friday, when Muslims gather to attend prayers (loanword from Arabic)
archbishop
the Communist Youth League
extremism
official registrar (of a county etc) in imperial China
cardinal (of the Catholic Church)
perfectionist
autonomic nervous system
rotten idea
Sufism (Islamic mystic tradition)
(idiom) to refer to sth by the name its owners use
initiative (as in \seize the initiative\)
Lord's Prayer
Darwinism
socialism with Chinese characteristics, phrase introduced by the CCP in 1986 to refer to its ideological model, embracing the economic reforms of the post-Mao era
nationalism
main bearing
Dr Sun Yat-sen's 孫中山|孙中山 Three Principles of the People (late 1890s)
autonomous system
if an official does not put the people first, he might as well go home and sell sweet potatoes
(sports) referee; umpire
Freeganism
the Savior (in Christianity)
egalitarianism
chef
terrorism
deputy director
Futurism (artistic and social movement of the 20th century)
bureaucracy
Bakuninism, a 19th century socialist theory
pacifism
to come up with ideas
protectionism
Myanmar or Burma National league for democracy (NLD)
subject (in grammar)
(music) theme; principal melody
red tape
home page
motherboard (computing)
Democratic Party
to act as host
totalitarianism
sublandlord
male chauvinism
reformism (i.e. favoring gradual change as opposed to revolution)
housewife
to perform the sacrificial rites at a funeral
transcendentalism
main assault
rationalism
Marxism
to make a decision
host country
men go out to work and women stay at home (idiom)
nationalism
hero (of a novel or film); main protagonist
terrorist
the Catholic Church
to make up one's mind
utilitarianism
people's democratic dictatorship
selfish departmentalism
theme song
(Maoism) New Democracy (aka New Democratic Revolution)
heroine (of a novel or film)
the pro-war faction
to play a major role in a creative endeavor (e.g. making a movie)
keynote
cue ball (in pool etc)
hedonism
democracy
pan-Democratic alliance (Hong Kong)
objectivist philosophy
to invert the importance of things (i.e. stress the incidental and neglect the main point)
possessive pronoun
democratic centralism
eclecticism
monarchy
dogmatism
master (of the house)
structuralism
China Democratic National Construction Association
mercantilism
China Democratic League
person who harbors criminals
forum moderator
regionalism
to take the initiative
On New Democracy (1940), by Mao Zedong
main force (military)
a large landowner
main stream (of a river)
chairman of department
Catholicism
revisionism
to decide; to have the final say
customer
main lobby
staple food
empiricism
mastermind
home team (sports)
postmodernism
environmentalism
lit. the voice of the guest overwhelms that of the host (idiom)
Greater Han nationalism
impressionism
active immunity
subject-predicate sentence
sectarianism
employer
chairperson
asceticism
to advocate
vegetarianism
appeasement
chair country
host (of a parasite)
monarchy
to act the leading role (in a movie or a play)
absolutism
national socialism
ladies bicycle
master
treason
(astronomy) main-sequence star
hegemonism
main group
core network
philosophy of idealism, the doctrine that external reality is a product of consciousness
original poster (in an online forum)
the agency in charge of (e.g. a program); the relevant government body
separatism
donor level (semiconductor)
principal normal vector (to a space curve)
lookism
backbone
utilitarianism
to return something to its rightful owner
lit. one's accomplishments overshadow the authority of the sovereign (idiom)
Gongzhuling, county-level city in Siping 四平, Jilin
factory owner
slave owner
existentialism
owner
(education) to major in
unclaimed lost property
Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB), a pro-Beijing political party in Hong Kong
owner (e.g. of a shop)
Allah
hostess
landlord
humanism
trade protectionism
bourgeois revolution (in Marx-Leninist theory, a prelude to the proletarian revolution)
chief accounting officer
newbie
Christian Democratic Union (German political party)
advocate strongly
absolute monarchy
Your Highness
nihilism
Maoism
antisemitism
recipient of an award
colonialism
main course
creditor
neoclassicism
One has the right to choose the ruler one serves. (ancient proverb)
guest of honor
People's Democratic Republic of Korea (North Korea)
main reason
Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung, published from 1964 to about 1976
host team (at sports event)
to be in charge of
DPP (Democratic Progressive Party, Taiwan)
Catholic
leader of a theatrical troupe
a powerful chief of the princes of the Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC)
party chief
principal or main material (engineering)
separatism
subject
nudism
Enlightenment (philosophy)
Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association
realism
peloton (main group of riders in a bicycle race)
subjective
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), 1922-1991
(economics) distributism
chauvinism
democracy
TV or radio presenter
seller
subject-object-verb SOV or subject-object-predicate sentence pattern (e.g. in Japanese or Korean grammar)
Hezbollah (Lebanon Islamic group)
environmentalism
subject-predicate construction
Liberal Democratic Party
recipient (of an award)
materialism, philosophical doctrine that physical matter is the whole of reality
previous owner (of a car for sale)
(military) commander-in-chief
motherboard
financial backer
the peace faction
main channel
Master (term used by servant)
Stoicism
monarchy
surrealism
opportunism
to organize
feminism
fascism
mysticism
democracy
communism
everything has a rightful owner (idiom)
main peak (of a mountain range)
objective idealism (in Hegel's philosophy)
land-owning classes
to think for oneself and act accordingly (idiom); to act on one's own initiative
Democratic Republic of Congo
constitutional monarchy
militarism
humanism
Gongzhuling, county-level city in Siping 四平, Jilin
hedonist
romanticism
prime, key or main suspect (law)
master and servant
social democracy
main ingredients (in a cooking recipe)
symbolism
enlightened sovereign
director
Democratic faction
Creator (Christianity)
masculism
cynicism
required courses in the major subject
playgirl
leftist opportunism (blamed for failures of Chinese communists from 1927)
master-slave (computing)
veganism, a diet consisting solely of plant products
racist (person)
egoism
Maoism
Leninism
leading
out of one's wits (idiom)
owner of sth lost or stolen
(news) anchor
Proudhonism, 19th century socialist theory
theme park
Catholic cardinal
constitutionalism
axis
to give a lecture
-ism
gist
nationalist feelings
owner
environmentalism
benefactor (term used by a monk to address a layperson)
housewife
democrats
vice-chairperson
the Creator (in religion or mythology)
editor in chief
radicalism
suzerainty
internationalism
keynote speech
democracy
neo-Platonism (philosophical system combining Platonism with mysticism)
Palm Sunday (Sunday before Easter)
executive
main point of an argument
savior
see 作主[zuò zhǔ]
Li Houzhu (c. 937-978), the final Southern Tang ruler (ruled 961-975) and a renowned poet
the attitude of mechanically borrowing (ideas etc)
monetarism
minimalism
tonic triad
theme
presidium
acceptor (semiconductor)
crony capitalism
anti-intellectualism
Democrat (Democratic Party member or supporter)
culprit
adventurism (a left-wing error against Mao's line during the 1930s)
Democracy Wall (1978-1989), esp. during the Beijing Spring democracy movement
individualism
host
connectionism
male chauvinism
socialist
home ground (sports)
umbrella brand (marketing)
behaviorism
(education) double major
tyrant
positivism
message board moderator or administrator
leadership (role)
Sunday School
premium brand
lit. little princess
main business
committee chairperson
Social Democratic Party
rich man
to dominate
activism
socialism
monarch
princess
landlord
sovereign
heterosexism
social democracy
penalty (kick)
head priest of a temple
antisemitism
ruler
book worship
policy of nonresistance
conservatism
the important and the less important
(of property) to change owners
Redeemer
multiculturalism
(sports) to referee; to umpire; to officiate
trunk line (of road, network etc)
opinionated
New Democracy
keynote speech
to mastermind
(Internet slang) uploader (person who uploads a video or other content to the Internet)
ability to make one's own decisions
trunk
to beat a dog and bully its owner
imperialism
to invade and take control of (a territory); to take the helm at (an organization); (of a company) to take control of (another company)
one's own view; definite opinion
racism
ethnocentrism
ship's captain
a Zionist
underground sewage network
possessive (in grammar)
utopian socialism
Chairman Mao
main part
fideism
Stalinism
doctor-in-charge
video game console
theme song
director of the local committee of the Women's Federation
shop owner
policy of non-recognition
Taiwan Democratic Self-Government League
altruism
owner of enterprise
househusband
primary ring
Zionism
for every grievance someone is responsible, for every debt there is a debtor (idiom)
miller
the right to host (an international meeting)
core network
the first impression is the strongest
liberalism
main building
environmentalist
sovereign country
cathedral
Princess Taiping (c. 665-713), Tang Dynasty princess, politically powerful and known for her beauty
hereditary monarchy
principle of people's livelihood, the third of Dr Sun Yat-sen's 孫中山|孙中山 Three Principles of the People 三民主義|三民主义 (at the time, meaning redistribution of wealth, self-sufficiency and internal trade)
subjectivism
leadership
Formalism (art)
owner
auditing department; accounting department; comptroller office
Marxism-Leninism
main line (of communication)
egalitarianism
leading role; lead
feminism
teacher in charge of a class
nominative case (grammar)
leading actors (in a show)
to convert to democracy; democratic transformation
money worship
progressivism
German Democratic Republic (East Germany), 1945-1990
kingpin (vehicle part)
Democratic Republic of Vietnam (aka North Vietnam), a country in Southeast Asia 1945-1976
the girl is already taken (idiom)
idealism
president (title of the head of state of China and several other nations)
main
newsreader
(astronomy) main sequence
bioterrorism
proprietor of a mine
Sabbath
dialectical materialism
founder or leader of a religion or sect
main engine
to be in charge in one's own house (idiom)
naturalism (philosophy)
guest and host
monarchy
rostrum
alternative
independent
connectionism
innkeeper
defeatism
optimism
head of a clan
nudist
leader
lit. when one beats a dog, one must answer to its master (idiom)
bishop
Princess Changle of Western Wei of the Northern dynasties 西魏[xī wèi], given in marriage c. 545 to Bumin Khan 土門|土门[tǔ mén]
McCarthyism