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


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