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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

主张 [zhǔzhāng]
  1. 1. verb advocate
  2. 2. noun standpoint

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

主张 [zhǔzhāng]
  1. 1. advocate; claim; stand for; maintain; hold
    主张自力更生
    advocate self-reliance
    主张改革
    favour reforms
  2. 2. view; position; stand; proposition
    这是我们一贯的主张
    That has been our consistent stand.

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

主张 [zhǔzhāng]
  1. 1. 对事物持有某种见解
    我们主张公平竞争。
  2. 2. 对事物持有的见解
    我们的主张很明确。

Examples

忽而主张这个,忽而主张那个
advocate one thing today and another tomorrow
我根本就不赞成你的主张
I don't agree with you at all.
主张马上来个彻底改变,我觉得这意见太激进了。
He advocates making immediate drastic changes, but I think this idea is too radical.
擅作主张
make a decision without authorization
实践自己的主张
put one's ideas into practice
妄作主张
make a presumptuous decision
这一主张得到普遍的赞同。
This proposition met with general approval (or acceptance).
主张改革
favour reforms

Collocations

主张停战
to agree to call a truce
擅自主张
to advocate something without approval
极力主张
to advocate
自作主张
to decide for oneself
一贯的主张
to consistently advocate something
政治主张
political opinions

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