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HSK
almost / nearly / close to
HSK 3
in the future / future / the future / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *將* | 將* | *將
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
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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)
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *將* | 將* | *將
to desire / to invite / to request
(common place name)
famous general
ready to start on sth / about to act
fierce general / valiant military leader / fig. brave individual
female general / (fig.) woman who is a leading figure in her area of expertise
to bite the hand that feeds one (idiom)
to appoint a general (in theater) / fig. to appoint sb for a task
lieutenant general; vice admiral; air marshal
talented field commander (military)
about to; on the point of; soon
(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)
capable person
to make up for one's faults by doing good deeds (idiom)
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]
veteran general
general / military leader / fierce man
to atone for one's crimes by meritorious acts
deputy general
a general or admiral
to play mahjong
to put oneself in sb else's shoes (idiom)
high-ranking military officer
great mansion on the verge of collapse (idiom); hopeless situation
major general / rear admiral / air vice marshal
important general / generalissimo
half believing, half doubting / skeptical
to beat sb at their own game (idiom)
potbelly
officers and soldiers
lit. old general / commander-in-chief 將帥|将帅, the equivalent of king in Chinese chess / fig. old-timer / veteran
general / admiral / air chief marshal
to accept (a bit reluctantly) / to put up with
commander-in-chief (military) / star player (sports) / key figure (in an organization)
deputy general
to surmount all difficulties (on the way to success) (idiom) (abbr. for 過五關斬六將|过五关斩六将)
valiant general
mahjong tile
Yang Saga, a popular fiction from the Northern Song, depicting the heroic Yang family 楊業|杨业 of warriors
general
(old) (military) a command / an order
(idiom) to compensate for lack of ability with hard work
celestial troops and generals (idiom) / fig. superior forces
shrimp soldiers and crab generals (in mythology or popular fiction, the army of the Dragon King of the Eastern Sea) / useless troops (idiom)
brigadier general; commodore
ruined army, defeated general (idiom); scattered remnants
lit. to cross five passes and slay six generals (idiom) / fig. to surmount all difficulties (on the way to success)
Jiangle, a county in Sanming City 三明市, Fujian
to move an army and send a general (idiom); to deploy an army / to send a team on a task
(literary) to rest / to recuperate
there are no poor soldiers under a good general (idiom)
to checkmate (in chess) / to be about to die
valiant general
strategic experts and powerful generals (idiom)
lit. General Iron is guarding the door (idiom) / fig. the door is padlocked — nobody inside
to approach one's coffin (idiom); with one foot in the grave
strategic experts and powerful generals (idiom)
commander-in-chief, the equivalent of king in Chinese chess
nickname of Han dynasty general Li Guang 李廣|李广
trusted lieutenant
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
Jiangle, a county in Sanming City 三明市, Fujian
to spur sb into action by making negative remarks
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 ask for assistance
the enemy general
assistance that one gets from another
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
(Tw) (sports) foreign player / import
official gatekeeper / goalkeeper (soccer, hockey etc)
to checkmate (in chess)
lit. choose a general from among the dwarfs / fig. choose the best person available (out of a mediocre bunch)
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
words of a man on his deathbed always come from the heart (proverb)
counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom); different situations call for different action / to adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation
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
to observe the present to study the past
auxiliary verb introducing future action: may (be able to) / will (cause) / should (enable) / going to
Japanese chess (shōgi)
trump (suit of cards)
to be about to arrive / to be around the corner
beer belly (complimentary)
to donate generously (idiom)
will perhaps / may (in the future)
indirect, psychological method of getting sb to do as one wishes (e.g. questioning whether they are up to the task)
no trumps (in card games)
lit. to choose a general among the dwarves (idiom) / fig. to pick the best out of a bad group

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