将军

(common place name)

general / high-ranking military officer / to check or checkmate / fig. to embarrass / to challenge / to put sb on the spot

Characters and words in 将军

jia̅ng = ji + ang1

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])

jiàng = ji + ang4

general / commander-in-chief (military) / king (chess piece) / to command / to lead

将 = 丬 + 夕 + 寸 : The chess king (将) is commanding (将) his bats (夕) to attack Joan of Arc (ji) with sawdust (丬) in the anglepod's bathroom (ang4) to punish her for her sins. He gives the command by showing the thumbs up (寸) sign.

qia̅ng = qi + ang1

to desire / to invite / to request

jiàng = ji + ang4

(bound form) a general / (literary) to command; to lead / (Chinese chess) general (on the black side, equivalent to a king in Western chess)

ju̅n = ju + (e)n1

(bound form) army / military

军 = 冖 + 车 : As a component in other characters: a general.

Zeus is driving a car in front of the restaurant. It's a cabriolet, so he uses a cooking top to protect himself from the weather. With the cooking top on his head, he looks kinda like a weird general.

Words with 将军

important general / generalissimo

potbelly

beer belly (complimentary)

lit. to choose a general among the dwarves (idiom) / fig. to pick the best out of a bad group

lit. choose a general from among the dwarfs / fig. choose the best person available (out of a mediocre bunch)

lit. General Iron is guarding the door (idiom) / fig. the door is padlocked — nobody inside

nickname of Han dynasty general Li Guang 李廣|李广[Li3 Guang3]

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

Sentences with 将军

xia̅

jia̅ng

ju̅n

ná

yi̅

ge̅n

qia̅ng

lái

gěi

ta̅

General Shrimp, go and fetch him a spear.