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main adjective—主 adj (almost always used) 主要 adj (almost always used) Examples:lateral sulcus or Sylvian fissure (a main division of the brain)—Kang Youwei (1858-1927), Confucian intellectual, educator and would-be reformer, main leader of the failed reform movement of 1898—carnal cravings are never satisfied and are a main obstruction on the path enlightenment—return to the main topic (idiom); back to business—Örkesh Dölet (1968-), one of the main leaders of the Beijing student democracy movement of 1989—peloton (main group of riders in a bicycle race)—once the main problem is solved, all troubles are solved—five (main) colors (white, black, red, yellow, and blue)—Jokhang, main Buddhist temple in Lhasa, a sacred place of Tibetan Buddhism—Chao Phraya River, the main river of Thailand—diverge from the main road, also figuratively—writing style in which the main subject is approached directly from the outset—finish a digression and get back to the main subject—"Pirate Party", political movement whose main goal is reform copyright law in line with the Internet Era—fig. a minor player upstages the main attraction—Tiber (river in Italy, the main watercourse of Rome)—main offender, criminal ringleader (idiom); main culprit—name for the silver coin and the main currency in Bohemia from 16th-18th century—concentrate on the main points (idiom); to bring out the essentials—small rooms facing or the side of the main hall or veranda—Guanting or Kuan-ting reservoir in Hebei, one of the main water reservoirs serving Beijing—invert the importance of things (i.e. stress the incidental and neglect the main point)—small pillars that support the roof, those which rest on the main beam—structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc—Shikoku (one of the four main islands of Japan)—criminal ringleader, main offender (idiom); main culprit—novel in chapters, main format for long novels from the Ming onwards, with each chapter headed by a summary couplet—Hagia Sophia (the main cathedral of Constantinople, subsequently the major mosque of Istanbul)—lit. reach the main room and enter the chamber [idiom.]—concentrate on trivial points while neglecting the main problem [idiom.]—completely miss the main point of a topic or argument [idiom.]—Irrawaddy or Ayeyarwaddy River, the main river of Myanmar (Burma)— |