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

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