首脑 (shǒu nǎo) — head of state; leader (of a country or organization); summit (as in 首脑会议)
Definition
首脑 refers to top national leaders — heads of state in politics (often paired with 会议: summit meeting). Unlike 元首 (purely head of state) or 头脑 (brains/intelligence), it emphasizes the person as a political leader.
noun
head of stateleader (of a country or organization)summit (as in 首脑会议)
Measure word · 位
Examples
- 首脑。Gè guó shǒu nǎo gòng tóng chū xí le qì hòu biàn huà dà huì.Heads of state from various countries jointly attended the climate change conference.
- 首脑。Zhè cì shǒu nǎo huì yì dá chéng le xīn de mào yì xié yì.This summit meeting reached a new trade agreement.
- 首脑。Sān wèi shǒu nǎo zài bì mén huì yì zhōng jiāo huàn le yì jiàn.Three leaders exchanged views during the closed-door meeting.
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