主旨
zhǔ zhǐ
Pinyin

Definition

主旨
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zhǔ zhǐ
  1. gist
  2. main idea
  3. general tenor
  4. one's judgment

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

主
zhǔ
  1. 1 owner
  2. 2 master
  3. 3 host
  4. 4 individual or party concerned
  5. 5 God
  6. 6 Lord
  7. 7 main
  8. 8 to indicate or signify
  9. 9 trump card (in card games)
主人
zhǔ rén
  1. 1 master
  2. 2 host
  3. 3 owner
  4. 4 classifier: 个 gè
主动
zhǔ dòng
  1. 1 to take the initiative
  2. 2 to do sth of one's own accord
  3. 3 spontaneous
  4. 4 active
  5. 5 opposite: passive 被動|被动[bèi dòng]
  6. 6 drive (of gears and shafts etc)
主持人
zhǔ chí rén
  1. 1 TV or radio presenter
  2. 2 host
  3. 3 anchor
主要
zhǔ yào
  1. 1 main
  2. 2 principal
  3. 3 major
  4. 4 primary

Idioms (12)

不由自主
bù yóu zì zhǔ
  1. 1 can't help; involuntarily (idiom)
六神无主
liù shén wú zhǔ
  1. 1 out of one's wits (idiom)
  2. 2 distracted
  3. 3 stunned
冤有头，债有主
yuān yǒu tóu , zhài yǒu zhǔ
  1. 1 for every grievance someone is responsible, for every debt there is a debtor (idiom)
  2. 2 when settling disputes one should not involve third parties
反客为主
fǎn kè wéi zhǔ
  1. 1 lit. the guest acts as host (idiom); fig. to turn from passive to active behavior
名花有主
míng huā yǒu zhǔ
  1. 1 the girl is already taken (idiom)

Sample Sentences

中国国家主席习近平出席开幕式并发表主旨讲话，强调携手打造新时代更加紧密的中非命运共同体，提出对非合作“八大行动”。
Zhōngguó guójiā zhǔxí XíJìnpíng chūxí kāimùshì bìng fābiǎo zhǔzhǐ jiǎnghuà ，qiángdiào xiéshǒu dǎzào Xīn shídài gèngjiā jǐnmì de ZhōngFēi mìngyùngòngtóngtǐ ，tíchū duì Fēi hézuò “bā dà xíngdòng ”。
In a keynote speech by Chinese President Xi Jinping at the opening ceremony, he emphasised the joint efforts to build a new era of China-Africa community of shared future and proposed "eight major actions" on cooperation.
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