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主zhǔ 人rén

master
host
owner
CL:個|个[ge4]

🖌️ 主 Strokes 🖌️ 人 Strokes

主zhǔ 人rén 公gōng

hero (of a novel or film); main protagonist

🖌️ 主 Strokes 🖌️ 人 Strokes 🖌️ 公 Strokes

主zhǔ 人rén 翁wēng

master (of the house)
main character in a novel etc
hero or heroine

🖌️ 主 Strokes 🖌️ 人 Strokes 🖌️ 翁 Strokes

女nǚ 主zhǔ 人rén

hostess
mistress

🖌️ 女 Strokes 🖌️ 主 Strokes 🖌️ 人 Strokes

名míng 从cóng 主zhǔ 人rén

Trad. 名從主人

(idiom) to refer to sth by the name its owners use
to refer to a place by the name its inhabitants use (e.g. refer to Seoul as 首爾|首尔[Shou3 er3] rather than 漢城|汉城[Han4 cheng2])

🖌️ 名 Strokes 🖌️ 从 Strokes 🖌️ 主 Strokes 🖌️ 人 Strokes

女nǚ 主zhǔ 人rén 公gōng

heroine (of a novel or film)
main female protagonist

🖌️ 女 Strokes 🖌️ 主 Strokes 🖌️ 人 Strokes 🖌️ 公 Strokes

打dǎ 狗gǒu 还hái 得děi 看kàn 主zhǔ 人rén

Trad. 打狗還得看主人

lit. when one beats a dog, one must answer to its master (idiom)
fig. before punishing sb, one should consider how that would affect others associated with him

🖌️ 打 Strokes 🖌️ 狗 Strokes 🖌️ 还 Strokes 🖌️ 得 Strokes 🖌️ 看 Strokes 🖌️ 主 Strokes 🖌️ 人 Strokes