做主
zuò zhǔ
Pinyin
Definition
做主
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- see 作主[zuò zhǔ]
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 leading role
- 2 lead
- 1 theme
- 2 subject
- 1 to do
- 2 to make
- 3 to produce
- 4 to write
- 5 to compose
- 6 to act as
- 7 to engage in
- 8 to hold (a party)
- 9 to be
- 10 to become
- 11 to function (in some capacity)
- 12 to serve as
- 13 to be used for
- 14 to form (a bond or relationship)
- 15 to pretend
- 16 to feign
- 17 to act a part
- 18 to put on appearance
- 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)
Idioms (20)
一不做,二不休
- 1 don't do it, or don't rest (idiom); either give up, or go through to the end
- 2 Since we started, we must carry it through whatever happens.
- 3 in for a penny, in for a pound
不由自主
- 1 can't help; involuntarily (idiom)
做一天和尚撞一天钟
- 1 lit. as a monk for today, toll today's bell (idiom)
- 2 fig. to do one's job mechanically
- 3 to hold a position passively
做好做歹
- 1 to persuade using all possible arguments (idiom); to act good cop and bad cop in turn
做张做势
- 1 to put on an act (idiom); to pose
- 2 to show theatrical affectation
- 3 to indulge in histrionics
Sample Sentences
雨伞是他们的大媒人,白素贞和许仙开始恋爱了。许仙父母双亡,只有姐姐姐夫。姐姐姐夫看到许仙交了这么漂亮的女朋友,也非常高兴。由姐姐姐夫做主,他们很快结婚了。
The umbrella was their matchmaker, and Bai Suzhen and Xu Xian began to fall in love. Xu Xian's father and mother were both deceased. There was only his older sister and her husband. When his older sister and her husband saw that Xu Xian had found such a beautiful girlfriend, they were also extremely happy. His older sister and her husband decided they should be married soon.
好好好,你的车,你自己做主。哎,你的车是手动挡啊?
OK, OK. It's your car, you're the boss. Hey, does your car have manual shifting?