"Leading (role)" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 主角 | zhǔ jué | leading role / lead / protagonist |   |
| 主演 | zhǔ yǎn | to act the leading role (in a movie or a play) / to star / lead actor | |
| 老总 | 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 | |
| 称霸 | chēng bà | lit. to proclaim oneself hegemon / to take a leading role / to build a personal fiefdom | |
| 担纲 | dān gāng | to play the leading role | |
| 挑大梁 | tiǎo dà liáng | to play a leading role / to bear a heavy responsibility | |
| 雅各宾派 | Yǎ gè bīn pài | Jacobin club, French revolutionary party that played a leading role in the reign of terror 1791-1794 | |
