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enemy general; the opposing side's commander
lieutenant general; vice admiral; air marshal
a general or admiral
commander-in-chief (military) / star player (sports) / key figure (in an organization)
famous general / (sports) renowned athlete
general / military leader / fierce man
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
about to; on the point of; soon
HSK 4
Yang Saga, a popular fiction from the Northern Song, depicting the heroic Yang family 楊業|杨业 of warriors
general / admiral / air chief marshal
to move an army and send a general (idiom); to deploy an army / to send a team on a task
to play mahjong
fierce general / valiant military leader / fig. brave individual
brigadier general; commodore
female general / (fig.) woman who is a leading figure in her area of expertise
to surmount all difficulties (on the way to success) (idiom) (abbr. for 過五關斬六將|过五关斩六将)
to donate generously (idiom)
lit. old general / commander-in-chief 將帥|将帅, the equivalent of king in Chinese chess / fig. old-timer / veteran
to spur sb into action by making negative remarks
(archaic) adept and valiant military general / skilled athlete; top player / abbr. for 運動健將|运动健将
deputy general
trusted lieutenant
mahjong / CL: ,
HSK 7-9
general of the household, a mid-ranking military officer responsible for palace or court duties
major general / rear admiral / air vice marshal
ruined army, defeated general (idiom); scattered remnants
shrimp soldiers and crab generals (in mythology or popular fiction, the army of the Dragon King of the Eastern Sea) / useless troops (idiom)
deputy general
inevitably
HSK 6
champion-level athlete (title awarded by the General Administration of Sport of China based on performance in international and national competitions)
surrendered enemy general
(idiom) one's defeated opponent
veteran general
ready to start on sth / about to act
celestial troops and generals (idiom) / fig. superior forces
champion swimmer; swimming star
driver (of a taxi etc) (loanword from Japanese) (Tw)
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
will perhaps / may (in the future)
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]
capable person
strategic experts and powerful generals (idiom)
to appoint a general (in theater) / fig. to appoint sb for a task
(Tw) (sports) foreign player / import
valiant general
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)
strategic experts and powerful generals (idiom)
(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 checkmate (in chess)
valiant general
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
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


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