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HSK
in the future / future / the future / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
almost / nearly / close to
HSK 3
about to; on the point of; soon
HSK 4
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *将* | 将* | *将
will / shall / to use / to take / to checkmate / just a short while ago / (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as )
HSK 5
will / shall / to be going to
HSK 5
general / high-ranking military officer / to check or checkmate / fig. to embarrass / to challenge / to put sb on the spot
HSK 6
inevitably
HSK 6
mahjong / CL: ,
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *将* | 将* | *将
(bound form) a general / (literary) to command; to lead / (Chinese chess) general (on the black side, equivalent to a king in Western chess)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *将* | 将* | *将
to desire / to invite / to request
to checkmate (in chess)
to appoint a general (in theater) / fig. to appoint sb for a task
(common place name)
lieutenant general; vice admiral; air marshal
lit. old general / commander-in-chief 將帥|将帅, the equivalent of king in Chinese chess / fig. old-timer / veteran
valiant general
commander-in-chief (military) / star player (sports) / key figure (in an organization)
famous general / (sports) renowned athlete
high-ranking military officer
major general / rear admiral / air vice marshal
celestial troops and generals (idiom) / fig. superior forces
a general or admiral
official gatekeeper / goalkeeper (soccer, hockey etc)
capable person
ready to start on sth / about to act
general / admiral / air chief marshal
to beat sb at their own game (idiom)
lit. if it's wrong, it's wrong (idiom); to make the best after a mistake / to accept an error and adapt to it / to muddle through
female general / (fig.) woman who is a leading figure in her area of expertise
commander-in-chief, the equivalent of king in Chinese chess
(in classical literature) young military officer of high rank for his age / (during the Cultural Revolution) young militant in the Red Guard / (in modern usage) rising star (in sport, politics etc)
Yang Saga, a popular fiction from the Northern Song, depicting the heroic Yang family 楊業|杨业 of warriors
deputy general
trusted lieutenant
brigadier general; commodore
(archaic) adept and valiant military general / skilled athlete; top player / abbr. for 運動健將|运动健将
indirect, psychological method of getting sb to do as one wishes (e.g. questioning whether they are up to the task)
to spur sb into action by making negative remarks
valiant general
great mansion on the verge of collapse (idiom); hopeless situation
shrimp soldiers and crab generals (in mythology or popular fiction, the army of the Dragon King of the Eastern Sea) / useless troops (idiom)
talented field commander (military)
to approach one's coffin (idiom); with one foot in the grave
(old) (military) a command / an order
to move an army and send a general (idiom); to deploy an army / to send a team on a task
to atone for one's crimes by meritorious acts
surrendered enemy general
to make up for one's faults by doing good deeds (idiom)
potbelly
ruined army, defeated general (idiom); scattered remnants
to accept (a bit reluctantly) / to put up with
veteran general
deputy general
driver (of a taxi etc) (loanword from Japanese) (Tw)
to be about to arrive / to be around the corner
Japanese chess (shōgi)
general
enemy general; the opposing side's commander
will perhaps / may (in the future)
imminent
important general / generalissimo
mahjong tile
to bite the hand that feeds one (idiom)
general / military leader / fierce man
lit. to cross five passes and slay six generals (idiom) / fig. to surmount all difficulties (on the way to success)
general of the household, a mid-ranking military officer responsible for palace or court duties
champion swimmer; swimming star
auxiliary verb introducing future action: may (be able to) / will (cause) / should (enable) / going to
Jiangle, a county in Sanming City 三明市, Fujian
champion-level athlete (title awarded by the General Administration of Sport of China based on performance in international and national competitions)
to checkmate (in chess) / to be about to die
there are no poor soldiers under a good general (idiom)
(idiom) one's defeated opponent
(Tw) (sports) foreign player / import
to put oneself in sb else's shoes (idiom)
lit. to dispatch a general is not as effective as to excite a general / fig. inciting people to action is more effective than dispatching orders
to play mahjong
words of a man on his deathbed always come from the heart (proverb)
trump (suit of cards)
nickname of Han dynasty general Li Guang 李廣|李广
counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom); different situations call for different action / to adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation
strategic experts and powerful generals (idiom)
top general / commander-in-chief
Ba Jia Jiang, the eight generals that guard the godly realm in Taiwanese folklore, represented by troupes of dancers in temple processions / (slang) lowlife gangster or young hoodlum, often written as "8+9", [ba1 jia1 jiu3]
beer belly (complimentary)
lit. one general, one order (idiom) / fig. every boss has their own rules / everyone has their own way of doing things
Liu Bei's five great generals in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, namely: Guan Yu 關羽|关羽, Zhang Fei 張飛|张飞, Zhao Yun 趙雲|赵云, Ma Chao 馬超|马超, Huang Zhong 黃忠|黄忠
counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom); different situations call for different action / to adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation
Easy to raise an army of one thousand, but hard to find a good general. (idiom)
to observe the present to study the past
to ask for assistance
assistance that one gets from another
(idiom) to compensate for lack of ability with hard work
officers and soldiers
(literary) to rest / to recuperate
to donate generously (idiom)
fierce general / valiant military leader / fig. brave individual

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