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(old) (military) a command / an order
(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)
to atone for one's crimes by meritorious acts
to checkmate (in chess)
about to; on the point of; soon
HSK 4
to put oneself in sb else's shoes (idiom)
lit. General Iron is guarding the door (idiom) / fig. the door is padlocked — nobody inside
lieutenant general; vice admiral; air marshal
almost / nearly / close to
HSK 3
(archaic) adept and valiant military general / skilled athlete; top player / abbr. for 運動健將|运动健将
words of a man on his deathbed always come from the heart (proverb)
auxiliary verb introducing future action: may (be able to) / will (cause) / should (enable) / going to
inevitably
HSK 6
(idiom) one's defeated opponent
officers and soldiers
commander-in-chief (military) / star player (sports) / key figure (in an organization)
trump (suit of cards)
talented field commander (military)
to accept (a bit reluctantly) / to put up with
will / shall / to be going to
HSK 5
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
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]
major general / rear admiral / air vice marshal
to ask for assistance
Japanese chess (shōgi)
general / admiral / air chief marshal
lit. old general / commander-in-chief 將帥|将帅, the equivalent of king in Chinese chess / fig. old-timer / veteran
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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
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  *將* | 將* | *將
(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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to desire / to invite / to request
lit. one general, one order (idiom) / fig. every boss has their own rules / everyone has their own way of doing things
brigadier general; commodore
a general or admiral
great mansion on the verge of collapse (idiom); hopeless situation
to make up for one's faults by doing good deeds (idiom)
Jiangle, a county in Sanming City 三明市, Fujian
(Tw) (sports) foreign player / import
shrimp soldiers and crab generals (in mythology or popular fiction, the army of the Dragon King of the Eastern Sea) / useless troops (idiom)
official gatekeeper / goalkeeper (soccer, hockey etc)
nickname of Han dynasty general Li Guang 李廣|李广
mahjong tile
important general / generalissimo
imminent
counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom); different situations call for different action / to adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation
to run short (idiom)
to beat sb at their own game (idiom)
there are no poor soldiers under a good general (idiom)
general / military leader / fierce man
deputy general
top general / commander-in-chief
famous general / (sports) renowned athlete
potbelly
enemy general; the opposing side's commander
strategic experts and powerful generals (idiom)
champion-level athlete (title awarded by the General Administration of Sport of China based on performance in international and national competitions)
ruined army, defeated general (idiom); scattered remnants
female general / (fig.) woman who is a leading figure in her area of expertise
in the future / future / the future / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
(common place name)
general / high-ranking military officer / to check or checkmate / fig. to embarrass / to challenge / to put sb on the spot
HSK 6
fierce general / valiant military leader / fig. brave individual
mahjong / CL: ,
HSK 7-9
to observe the present to study the past
valiant general
Easy to raise an army of one thousand, but hard to find a good general. (idiom)
indirect, psychological method of getting sb to do as one wishes (e.g. questioning whether they are up to the task)
lit. choose a general from among the dwarfs / fig. choose the best person available (out of a mediocre bunch)
trusted lieutenant
general of the household, a mid-ranking military officer responsible for palace or court duties
high-ranking military officer
to play mahjong
strategic experts and powerful generals (idiom)
(idiom) to compensate for lack of ability with hard work
to bite the hand that feeds one (idiom)
general
valiant general
deputy general
to checkmate (in chess) / to be about to die
to donate generously (idiom)
surrendered enemy general
(literary) to rest / to recuperate
celestial troops and generals (idiom) / fig. superior forces
Yang Saga, a popular fiction from the Northern Song, depicting the heroic Yang family 楊業|杨业 of warriors
driver (of a taxi etc) (loanword from Japanese) (Tw)
lit. to cross five passes and slay six generals (idiom) / fig. to surmount all difficulties (on the way to success)
to appoint a general (in theater) / fig. to appoint sb for a task
beer belly (complimentary)
approaching the end / about to conclude
counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom); different situations call for different action / to adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation
ready to start on sth / about to act
assistance that one gets from another
commander-in-chief, the equivalent of king in Chinese chess
to be about to arrive / to be around the corner
to approach one's coffin (idiom); with one foot in the grave
veteran general
capable person
to spur sb into action by making negative remarks
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

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