"Leading" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 lǐng dǎo lead / leading / to lead / leadership / leader / CL:位[wei4],個|个[ge4]
 zhǔ dǎo leading / dominant / prevailing / to lead / to direct / to dominate
 lǐng xián leading (role) / heading list of signatories / leading actors (in a show) / starring
 lǐng jūn to lead troups / (fig.) to lead / leading
 qián zhì to place before / frontal / leading / pre-
 tóu head / hair style / the top / end / beginning or end / a stub / remnant / chief / boss / side / aspect / first / leading / classifier for pigs or livestock / CL:個|个[ge4]
 mì pái leading (between lines of type)
 jū shǒu leading / in first place / top of the list
 zhǔ jué leading role / lead / protagonist
 zhǔ yǎn to act the leading role (in a movie or a play) / to star / lead actor
 dà gāng synopsis / outline / program / leading principles
 lǐng dǎo xiǎo zǔ leading small group (LSG), a CCP body that exercises general oversight on matters relating to a specific area (LSG for foreign affairs 外事工作, LSG for comprehensively deepening reforms 全面深化改革 / etc) / aka central leading group
 lǎo zǒng boss / sir (person with a leading role in an organization) / (after a surname) high ranking commander in the PLA / (Qing dynasty) high ranking government official / (old) courteous term used by the general populace in addressing a rank-and-file soldier or police officer
 zhuàng yuán top scorer in the palace examination (highest rank of the Imperial examination system) / see 榜眼[bang3 yan3] and 探花[tan4 hua1] / top scorer in college entrance examination 高考[gao1 kao3] / (fig.) the most brilliantly talented person in the field / leading light
 liáng xìng positive (in its effect) / leading to good consequences / virtuous / (medicine) benign (tumor etc)
 lóng tóu qǐ yè key enterprises / leading enterprises
 xuān xiè to drain (by leading off water) / to unburden oneself / to divulge / to leak a secret
 lǐng xián zhǔ yǎn leading actors (in a show) / starring
 dà wàn star / big shot / celebrity / leading actor / authority (slang)
 chēng bà lit. to proclaim oneself hegemon / to take a leading role / to build a personal fiefdom
 luò de ending up as / leading to / resulting in / in total
 chū shān to leave the mountain (of a hermit) / to come out of obscurity to a government job / to take a leading position
 dān gāng to play the leading role
 dà niú (coll.) leading light / superstar / badass / (coll.) higher-priced model of Lamborghini
 yì qǔ tóng gōng different tunes played with equal skill (idiom) / different methods leading to the same result / different approach but equally satisfactory outcome
 Wú Sān guì Wu Sangui (1612-1678), Chinese general who let the Manchus into China and helped them establish the Qing Dynasty, later leading a revolt against Qing in an effort to start his own dynasty
 qián jiǎo one moment ..., (the next ...) / leading foot (in walking)
 yī jué bù zhèn one stumble, unable to rise (idiom) / a setback leading to total collapse / ruined at a stroke / unable to recover after a minor hitch
 nu:3 jiàng female general / (fig.) woman who is a leading figure in her area of expertise
 zhǐ shàng tán bīng lit. military tactics on paper (idiom) / fig. theoretical discussion that is worse than useless in practice / armchair strategist / idle theorizing / cf Zhao Kuo 趙括|赵括[Zhao4 Kuo4] leading an army of 400,000 to total annihilation at battle of Changping 長平之戰|长平之战[Chang2 ping2 zhi1 Zhan4] in 260 BC
 zhàn zhǔ dǎo dì wèi dominant / predominant / to occupy a leading position
 fǎn Qīng anti-Qing / refers to the revolutionary movements in late 19th and early 20th century leading up to 1911 Xinhai Revolution 辛亥革命[Xin1 hai4 Ge2 ming4]
 jí xiān fēng daring vanguard / pioneer / leading figure
 tiǎo dà liáng to play a leading role / to bear a heavy responsibility
 yí zhàng duì honor guard / guard of honor / the banner bearing contingent leading a military procession
 róng xuè hemolysis (breakdown of red blood cells leading to anemia)
 yuán xūn leading light / founding father / principal proponent
 Yán Zhēn qīng Yan Zhenqing (709-785), a leading calligrapher of the Tang Dynasty
 mù dào path leading to a grave / tomb passage / aisle leading to the coffin chamber of an ancient tomb
 lǐng chàng to lead a chorus / choirmaster / leading singer
 Xiá fēi Joseph Joffre (1852-1931), leading French general at the start of World War One
 zhì jī producing abnormality / leading to genetic malformation / teratogenic
 tóu miàn rén wù leading figure / bigwig
 yuān niè sin (in Buddhism) / enmity leading to sin
 Zá jiā Miscellaneous School of the Warring States Period (475-221 BC) whose leading advocate was Lü / Buwei 呂不韋|吕不韦[Lu:3 Bu4 wei2]
 Chén Jiǒng míng Chen Jiongming (1878-1933), a leading warlord of Guangdong faction, defeated in 1925 and fled to Hong Kong
 Gōng sūn Lóng Gongsun Long (c. 325-250 BC), leading thinker of the School of Logicians of the Warring States Period (475-220 BC)
 Niǎn jūn Nian Army, leading a peasant rebellion against the Qing dynasty in Shandong, Henan, Jiangsu and Anhui 1851-1868, at the same time as the Taiping Rebellion further south
 qiān road leading north and south
 dèng path leading up a mountain
 zuò steps leading to the eastern door
 zuì shēng mèng sǐ as if drunk or entranced (idiom) / leading a befuddled existence / in a drunken stupor
 jiān kǔ pǔ sù leading a plain, hardworking life (idiom)
 fú tián field for growing happiness / domain for practices leading to enlightenment (Buddhism)
退线 tuì jū èr xiàn to withdraw to the second line of duty / to resign from a leading post (and assume an advisory post)
 jūn pǐn chū kǒu lǐng dǎo xiǎo zǔ Military Products Leading Small Group
 Lǐ Péng Li Peng (1928-2019), leading PRC politician, prime minister 1987-1998, reportedly leader of the conservative faction advocating the June 1989 Tiananmen clampdown
 yuān yè sin (in Buddhism) / enmity leading to sin / also written 冤孽
 Zhōu Wén wáng King Wen of Zhou state (c. 1152-1056 BC), reigned c. 1099-1056 BC as king of Zhou state, leading figure in building the subsequent Western Zhou dynasty, father of King Wu of Zhou 周武王[Zhou1 Wu3 wang2] the first Zhou dynasty king
 shī zhī háo lí , miù yǐ qiān lǐ a tiny lapse can lead to a huge mistake (idiom) / a minor discrepancy leading to enormous losses
 shī zhī háo lí , chà zhī qiān lǐ a tiny lapse can lead to a huge mistake (idiom) / a minor discrepancy leading to enormous losses
 shī zhī háo lí , chà yǐ qiān lǐ a tiny lapse can lead to a huge mistake (idiom) / a minor discrepancy leading to enormous losses
 dāng shì zhī guàn the foremost person of his age / unequalled / a leading light
 dāng shì guàn the foremost person of his age / unequalled / a leading light
 Fú xù Ferdinand Foch (1851-1929), leading French general and commander-in-chief of allied forces in the latter stages of World War One
 Zhāng Tài yán Zhang Taiyan (1869-1936), scholar, journalist, revolutionary and leading intellectual around the time of the Xinhai revolution
 Zhāng Bǐng lín Zhang Taiyan 章太炎 / (1869-1936), scholar, journalist, revolutionary and leading intellectual around the time of the Xinhai revolution
 Zòng héng jiā School of Diplomacy of the Warring States Period (475-221 BC) whose leading advocates were Su Qin 蘇秦|苏秦[Su1 Qin2] and Zhang Yi 張儀|张仪[Zhang4 Yi2]
 Sū bào àn Qing's 1903 suppression of revolutionary calls in newspaper 蘇報|苏报, leading to imprisonment of Zhang Taiyan 章太炎 / and Zou Rong 鄒容|邹容
 Yǎ gè bīn pài Jacobin club, French revolutionary party that played a leading role in the reign of terror 1791-1794
 yùn tóu leading vowel of diphthong
 tóu r nǎo r leading figure / bigwig / lion / nabob / pooh-bah
 tóu pái tablet announcing the name of leading actor in a theatrical production / by extension, the lead role
  European Convention on the Equivalence of Diplomas leading to Admission to Universities
沿  Major International Project on Research and Training Leading to Integrated Management of Costal Systems
  Leading Group on Innovative Financing for Development
  Leading Group on Solidarity Levies to Fund Development
  Programme of Action leading to the convening of a conference on the Indian Ocean
 shān dòu leading light (of a generation etc) / (honorific appellation)
 Dōng yà Fēng huì East Asia Summit, annual meeting of leading Asian states
 nù qì gōng xīn (TCM) sudden strong emotions attacking the heart, leading to faints etc / (fig.) to fly into a fit of anger
 niú rén (coll.) leading light / true expert / badass
 Chuān Jiàn guó nickname for US President Trump 川普[Chuan1 pu3], implying that he benefitted China (hence 建國|建国[jian4 guo2]) by doing a poor job of leading the US
 lóng tóu gǔ (finance) leading stock / market leader
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