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HSK
almost / nearly / close to
HSK 3
in the future / future / the future / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
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  *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
commander-in-chief (military) / star player (sports) / key figure (in an organization)
general / admiral / air chief marshal
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  *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)
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  *将* | 将* | *将
to desire / to invite / to request
officers and soldiers
about to; on the point of; soon
(common place name)
Japanese chess (shōgi)
to beat sb at their own game (idiom)
lit. old general / commander-in-chief 將帥|将帅, the equivalent of king in Chinese chess / fig. old-timer / veteran
lieutenant general; vice admiral; air marshal
to appoint a general (in theater) / fig. to appoint sb for a task
general / military leader / fierce man
Jiangle, a county in Sanming City 三明市, Fujian
high-ranking military officer
capable person
a general or admiral
celestial troops and generals (idiom) / fig. superior forces
lit. to cross five passes and slay six generals (idiom) / fig. to surmount all difficulties (on the way to success)
official gatekeeper / goalkeeper (soccer, hockey etc)
to approach one's coffin (idiom); with one foot in the grave
ready to start on sth / about to act
fierce general / valiant military leader / fig. brave individual
to put oneself in sb else's shoes (idiom)
to accept (a bit reluctantly) / to put up with
to bite the hand that feeds one (idiom)
indirect, psychological method of getting sb to do as one wishes (e.g. questioning whether they are up to the task)
commander-in-chief, the equivalent of king in Chinese chess
deputy general
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
counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom); different situations call for different action / to adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation
great mansion on the verge of collapse (idiom); hopeless situation
to move an army and send a general (idiom); to deploy an army / to send a team on a task
valiant general
general
valiant general
brigadier general; commodore
half believing, half doubting / skeptical
major general / rear admiral / air vice marshal
to spur sb into action by making negative remarks
surrendered enemy general
trusted lieutenant
(old) (military) a command / an order
to make up for one's faults by doing good deeds (idiom)
famous general
(literary) to rest / to recuperate
talented field commander (military)
shrimp soldiers and crab generals (in mythology or popular fiction, the army of the Dragon King of the Eastern Sea) / useless troops (idiom)
ruined army, defeated general (idiom); scattered remnants
to atone for one's crimes by meritorious acts
driver (of a taxi etc) (loanword from Japanese) (Tw)
to be about to arrive / to be around the corner
the enemy general
to checkmate (in chess)
auxiliary verb introducing future action: may (be able to) / will (cause) / should (enable) / going to
words of a man on his deathbed always come from the heart (proverb)
strategic experts and powerful generals (idiom)
important general / generalissimo
will perhaps / may (in the future)
lit. one general, one order (idiom) / fig. every boss has their own rules / everyone has their own way of doing things
top general / commander-in-chief
Than Shwe (1933-), Myanmar general and politician, president of Myanmar 1992-2011
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
deputy general
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]
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)
imminent
veteran general
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
Jiangle, a county in Sanming City 三明市, Fujian
to checkmate (in chess) / to be about to die
trump (suit of cards)
potbelly
beer belly (complimentary)
(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)
there are no poor soldiers under a good general (idiom)
to donate generously (idiom)
to play mahjong
Yang Saga, a popular fiction from the Northern Song, depicting the heroic Yang family 楊業|杨业 of warriors
(Tw) (sports) foreign player / import
no trumps (in card games)
lit. to choose a general among the dwarves (idiom) / fig. to pick the best out of a bad group
lit. choose a general from among the dwarfs / fig. choose the best person available (out of a mediocre bunch)
to run short (idiom)
approaching the end / about to conclude
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
strategic experts and powerful generals (idiom)

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