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领导 lǐng dǎo lead / leading / to lead / leadership / leader / CL:位[wei4],個|个[ge4]
领袖 lǐng xiù leader
龙头 lóng tóu faucet / tap / bicycle handlebar / chief / boss (esp. of a gang) / (referring to a company) leader / front-runner / figurehead on the prow of a dragon boat 龍船|龙船[long2chuan2]
头脑 tóu nǎo brains / mind / skull / (fig.) gist (of a matter) / leader / boss
领导人 lǐng dǎo rén leader
领导者 lǐng dǎo zhě leader
首脑 shǒu nǎo head (of state) / summit (meeting) / leader
头儿 tóu r leader
头领 tóu lǐng head person / leader
排头兵 pái tóu bīng lit. frontline troops / leader / trailblazer / pacesetter
冠冕 guān miǎn royal crown / official hat / official / leader / chief / elegant and stately
主枝  leader
大哥 dà gē eldest brother / big brother (polite address for a man of about the same age as oneself) / gang leader / boss
老大 lǎo dà old age / very / eldest child in a family / leader of a group / boss / captain of a boat / leader of a criminal gang
毛泽东 Máo Zé dōng Mao Zedong (1893-1976), leader of the Chinese Communist Party 1935-1976
队长 duì zhǎng captain / team leader / CL:個|个[ge4]
邓小平 Dèng Xiǎo píng Deng Xiaoping (1904-1997), Chinese communist leader, de facto leader of PRC 1978-1990 and creator of "socialism with Chinese characteristics"
组长 zǔ zhǎng group leader
班长 bān zhǎng class monitor / squad leader / team leader / CL:個|个[ge4]
教主 jiào zhǔ founder or leader of a religion or sect / (fig.) revered figure
毛主席 Máo Zhǔ xí Chairman Mao / Mao Zedong 毛澤東|毛泽东 / (1893-1976), Chinese Communist leader
诸葛亮 Zhū gě Liàng Zhuge Liang (181-234), military leader and prime minister of Shu Han 蜀漢|蜀汉[Shu3 Han4] during the Three Kingdoms period / the main hero of the fictional Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义[San1guo2 Yan3yi4], where he is portrayed as a sage and military genius / (fig.) a mastermind
蒋介石 Jiǎng Jiè shí Chiang Kai-shek (1887-1975), military leader, head of the Nationalist government in China 1928-1949 and the government in exile on Taiwan 1950-1975
领队 lǐng duì to lead a group / leader of a group / captain (of sports squad)
头目 tóu mù ringleader / gang leader / chieftain
拉登 Lā dēng (Osama) bin Laden (1957-2011), leader of Al Qaeda
武将 wǔ jiàng general / military leader / fierce man
列宁 Liè níng Vladimir Ilyich Lenin (1870-1924), Russian revolutionary leader
排长 pái zhǎng platoon leader / sergeant
蚩尤 Chī Yóu Chiyou, legendary tribal leader who was defeated and killed by the Yellow Emperor 黃帝|黄帝[Huang2 di4]
阿拉法特 A1 lā fǎ tè Mohammed Abdel Rahman Abdel Raouf Arafat al-Qudwa al-Husseini (1929-2004), Palestinian leader, popularly known as Yasser Arafat 亞西爾·阿拉法特|亚西尔·阿拉法特[Ya4 xi1 er3 · / A1 la1 fa3 te4]
林彪 Lín Biāo Lin Biao (1908-1971), Chinese army leader at the time of the Cultural Revolution
猛将 měng jiàng fierce general / valiant military leader / fig. brave individual
宗主 zōng zhǔ head of a clan / natural leader / person of prestige and authority in a domain / suzerain
头子 tóu zi boss / gang leader
江青 Jiāng Qīng Jiang Qing (1914-1991), Mao Zedong's fourth wife and leader of the Gang of Four
朱德 Zhū Dé Zhu De (1886-1976), communist leader and founder of the People's Liberation Army
行头 háng tóu team leader (archaic) / shopkeeper (archaic)
刘少奇 Liú Shào qí Liu Shaoqi (1898-1969), Chinese communist leader, a martyr of the Cultural Revolution
阿巴斯 A1 bā sī Abbas (name) / Mahmoud Abbas (1935-), also called Abu Mazen, Palestinian leader, Chairman of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) from 2005
政要 zhèng yào important political leader / government dignitary
李自成 Lǐ Zì chéng Li Zicheng (1605-1645), leader of peasant rebellion at the end of the Ming Dynasty
陈云 Chén Yún Chen Yun (1905-1995), communist leader and economist
梁启超 Liáng Qǐ chāo Liang Qichao (1873-1929), influential journalist and a leader of the failed reform movement of 1898
贺龙 Hè Lóng He Long (1896-1969), important communist military leader, died from persecution during the Cultural Revolution
车长  vehicle leader
卡斯特罗 Kǎ sī tè luó Castro (name) / Fidel Castro or Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz (1926-2016), Cuban revolutionary leader, prime minister 1959-1976, president 1976-2008
班主 bān zhǔ leader of a theatrical troupe
胡志明 Hú Zhì míng Ho Chi Minh (1890-1969), former Vietnamese leader / see also 胡志明市[Hu2 Zhi4 ming2 Shi4]
精神领袖 jīng shén lǐng xiù spiritual leader (of a nation or church) / religious leader
康有为 Kāng Yǒu wéi Kang Youwei (1858-1927), Confucian intellectual, educator and would-be reformer, main leader of the failed reform movement of 1898
金日成 Jīn Rì chéng Kim Il Sung (1912-1994) Great Leader of North Korea
张角 Zhāng Jué Zhang Jue (-184), leader of the Yellow turban rebels during the late Han
戴高乐 Dài Gāo lè Charles De Gaulle (1890-1970), French general and politician, leader of the Free French during World War II and president of the Republic 1959-1969
安禄山 An1 Lù shān An Lushan (703-757), Tang general, leader of the An-Shi Rebellion 安史之亂|安史之乱[An1 Shi3 zhi1 Luan4]
本拉登 Běn Lā dēng (Osama) bin Laden (1957-2011), leader of Al Qaeda
左宗棠 zuǒ zōng táng Zuo Zongtang (1812-1885), Chinese administrator and military leader
邓颖超 Dèng Yǐng chāo Deng Yingchao (1904-1992), Chinese communist leader, wife of Zhou Enlai 周恩來|周恩来
洪秀全 Hóng Xiù quán Hong Xiuquan or Hung Hsiu-ch'üan (1814-1864), leader of the Taiping rebellion or Taiping Heavenly Kingdom
黄巢 Huáng Cháo Huang Chao (-884), leader of peasant uprising 875-884 in late Tang
侯赛因 Hóu sài yīn Husain or Hussein (name) / Hussein (c. 626-680), Muslim leader whose martyrdom is commemorated at Ashura / Saddam Hussein al Tikriti (1937-2006), dictator of Iraq 1979-2003
李宗仁 Lǐ Zōng rén Li Zongren (1891-1969), a leader of Guangxi warlord faction
戚继光 Qī Jì guāng Qi Jiguang (1528-1588), military leader
陈胜 chén shèng Chen Sheng (died 208 BC), Qin dynasty rebel, leader of the Chen Sheng Wu Guang Uprising 陳勝吳廣起義|陈胜吴广起义[Chen2 Sheng4 Wu2 Guang3 Qi3 yi4]
萨德尔 Sà dé ěr Sadr (name) / Moqtada Sadr (c. 1973-), Iraqi Shia clergyman and militia leader
闯王 Chuǎng Wáng Chuangwang or Roaming King, adopted name of late Ming peasant rebel leader Li Zicheng 李自成 / (1605-1645)
叶挺 Yè Tǐng Ye Ting (1896-1946), communist military leader
张国焘 Zhāng Guó tāo Zhang Guotao (1897-1979), Chinese communist leader in the 1920s and 1930s, defected to Guomindang in 1938
张宝 Zhāng Bǎo Zhang Bao (-184), leader of the Yellow Turban rebels during the late Han 漢朝|汉朝[Han4 chao2]
张献忠 Zhāng Xiàn zhōng Zhang Xianzhong (1606-1647), leader of a late-Ming peasant revolt
康生 Kāng Shēng Kang Sheng (1896-1975), Chinese communist leader, a politburo member during the Cultural Revolution and posthumously blamed for some of its excesses
吴广 wú guǎng Wu Guang (died 208 BC), Qin dynasty rebel, leader of the Chen Sheng Wu Guang Uprising 陳勝吳廣起義|陈胜吴广起义[Chen2 Sheng4 Wu2 Guang3 Qi3 yi4]
蔡锷 Cài E4 Cai E (1882-1916), military leader who was a key figure in the establishment the National Protection Army 護國軍|护国军[Hu4guo2jun1], which in 1916 fought the forces of Yuan Shikai 袁世凱|袁世凯[Yuan2 Shi4kai3], who had tried to reestablish the monarchy with himself as emperor
华国锋 Huá Guó fēng Hua Guofeng (1921-), leader of Chinese Communist Party after the Cultural Revolution
彭真 Péng Zhēn Peng Zhen (1902-1997), Chinese communist leader
杜月笙 Dù Yuè shēng Du Yuesheng (1888-1951), Shanghai secret-society leader, banker, industrialist
白崇禧 Bái Chóng xǐ Bai Chongxi (1893-1966), a leader of Guangxi warlord faction, top Nationalist general, played important role in Chiang Kaishek's campaigns 1926-1949
罗荣桓 Luó Róng huán Luo Ronghuan (1902-1963), Chinese communist military leader
二把手 èr bǎ shǒu deputy leader / the second-in-command
杨尚昆 Yáng Shàng kūn Yang Shangkun (1907-1998), former president of PRC and military leader
张闻天 Zhāng Wén tiān Zhang Wentian (1900-1976), CCP party leader and theorist
奥康纳 Aò kāng nà O'Connor (name) / Thomas Power O'Connor (1848-1929), Irish journalist and nationalist political leader
毛拉 máo lā Mullah (religious leader in Islam)
托洛茨基 Tuō luò cí jī Leon Trotsky (1879-1940), a leader in the Russian Revolution in 1917
谭震林 Tán Zhèn lín Tan Zhenlin (1902-1983), PRC revolutionary and military leader, played political role after the Cultural Revolution
马苏德 Mǎ sū dé Massoud (name) / Ahmed Shah Massoud (1953-2001), Tajik Afghan engineer, military man and anti-Taleban leader
金正恩 Jīn Zhèng ēn Kim Jong-un (c. 1983-), third son of Kim Jong-il 金正日[Jin1 Zheng4 ri4], supreme leader of North Korea from 2011
施明德 Shī Míng dé Shih Ming-teh (1941-), Taiwanese politician, imprisoned 1962-1977 and 1980-1990 under the Guomindang, subsequently a leader of DPP 民進黨|民进党, in 2006 led protests against Chen Shui-Bian 陳水扁|陈水扁[Chen2 Shui3 bian3]
禹 Yǔ Yu the Great (c. 21st century BC), mythical leader who tamed the floods / surname Yu
舜 Shùn Shun (c. 23rd century BC), mythical sage and leader
麈 zhǔ leader of herd / stag
众星捧月 zhòng xīng pěng yuè lit. all the stars cup themselves around the moon (idiom, from Analects) / fig. to view sb as core figure / to group around a revered leader / to revolve around sb
执牛耳 zhí niú ěr to be the acknowledged leader (from the custom of a prince holding a plate on which lay the severed ears of a sacrificial bull at an alliance ceremony)
群龙无首 qún lóng wú shǒu lit. a thunder of dragons without a head / fig. a group lacking a leader
戈培尔 Gē péi ěr Joseph Goebbels (1897-1945), German Nazi leader and politician
金正日 Jīn Zhèng rì Kim Jong-il (1942-2011), Dear Leader of North Korea 1982-2011
阿亚图拉 ā yà tú lā ayatollah (religious leader in Shia Islam)
东条英机 Dōng tiáo Yīng jī Tojo Hideki (1884-1948), Japanese military leader hanged as war criminal in 1948
卡拉季奇 Kǎ lā jì jī Radovan Karadžić / (1945-), former Bosnian Serb leader and war criminal
卡扎菲 Kǎ zhā fēi (Colonel Muammar) Gaddafi (1942-2011), de facto leader of Libya from 1969-2011
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