jiāng

will, going to, future; general

DEFINITIONS

將 jiāng
  • will
  • shall
  • to use
  • to take
  • to checkmate
  • just a short while ago
  • (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把[ba3])
將 jiàng
  • general
  • commander-in-chief (military)
  • king (chess piece)
  • to command
  • to lead
將 qiāng
  • to desire
  • to invite
  • to request

WORDS

shàng jiàng general; admiral; air chief marshal
軍 shàng jiàng jūn top general; commander-in-chief
zhōng jiàng lieutenant general; vice admiral; air marshal
丹瑞大 dān ruì dà jiàng Than Shwe (1933-), Myanmar general and politician, president of Myanmar 1992-2011
zhǔ jiàng commander-in-chief (military); star player (sports); key figure (in an organization)
五虎 wǔ hǔ jiàng 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
人之死,其言也善 rén zhī jiāng sǐ , qí yán yě shàn words of a man on his deathbed always come from the heart (proverb)
piān jiàng deputy general
兵來擋,水來土掩 bīng lái jiàng dǎng , shuǐ lái tǔ yǎn counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom); different situations call for different action; to adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation
兵來敵,水來土堰 bīng lái jiàng dí , shuǐ lái tǔ yàn counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom); different situations call for different action; to adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation
fù jiàng deputy general
千軍易得,一難求 qiān jūn yì dé , yī jiàng nán qiú Easy to raise an army of one thousand, but hard to find a good general. (idiom)
jí jiāng on the eve of; to be about to; to be on the verge of
來臨 jí jiāng lái lín imminent
míng jiàng famous general
dà jiàng a general or admiral
軍 dà jiāng jūn important general; generalissimo
大廈傾 dà shà jiāng qīng great mansion on the verge of collapse (idiom); hopeless situation
天兵天 tiān bīng tiān jiàng celestial troops and generals (idiom); fig. superior forces
nǚ jiàng female general; (fig.) woman who is a leading figure in her area of expertise
宿 sù jiàng veteran general
今論古 jiāng jīn lùn gǔ to observe the present to study the past
令 jiàng lìng (old) (military) a command; an order
伯 qiāng bó to ask for assistance
伯之助 qiāng bó zhī zhù assistance that one gets from another
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