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HSK
about to; on the point of; soon
HSK 4
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
inevitably
HSK 6
mahjong / CL: ,
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *將* | 將* | *將
to desire / to invite / to request
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
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 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)
deputy general
(idiom) one's defeated opponent
valiant general
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
capable person
to move an army and send a general (idiom); to deploy an army / to send a team on a task
celestial troops and generals (idiom) / fig. superior forces
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)
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]
lit. to cross five passes and slay six generals (idiom) / fig. to surmount all difficulties (on the way to success)
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)
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)
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
the enemy general
official gatekeeper / goalkeeper (soccer, hockey etc)
to checkmate (in chess)
driver (of a taxi etc) (loanword from Japanese) (Tw)
(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
to donate generously (idiom)
will perhaps / may (in the future)
surrendered enemy general


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